Procurement Manager, APAC Procurement

At Amazon, we're working to be the Earth's Most Customer-centric Company. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people who are passionate about delivering results at scale. As one of the most recognizable brand names in the world, Amazon distributes millions of products each year to loyal customers across the globe—and our Procurement team plays a critical role in making that possible. We are seeking a high-energy, results-oriented Procurement Manager to join our Opex Procurement team within the Packaging & Services category. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end sourcing of the Opex category, operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift rapidly and a strategic, agile approach is essential. You must possess strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to respond swiftly to evolving business needs while managing multiple stakeholders and a diverse portfolio of vendor partners. As the Procurement Manager, you will define and own vendor capabilities, procurement strategies, and the innovation roadmap for the category and team. You will lead efforts to establish industry-benchmark procurement processes and work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to deliver the best possible end-customer experience. This is an opportunity to shape the future of procurement at Amazon and drive meaningful impact across the organization.

Key job responsibilities

1. Evaluates key spend, performance, and compliance data to lead supplier or category decisions. Establishes procurement strategy with Packaging & Services stream as focus area.
2. Uses knowledge of the market segment for assigned categories to identify trends and mitigate potential market-related issues;
3. Identify, develop and implement sourcing strategy, works with cross-functional teams to ensure that strategies are executed, and effectively communicates initiatives to gain customer and supplier buy-in and to drive them towards anticipated outcomes;
4. Builds mechanisms and leads initiatives to ensure that suppliers’ costs don’t extend beyond established goals. Constantly seeks ways to reduce spending and demonstrates the ability to advise business owners on whether a given purchase is reasonable and justified;
5. Determines which suppliers should be positioned for long-term contracts based on the suppliers’ overall value to the business. Establishes and implements standards for partnering with these suppliers;
6. Establishes supplier diversity/sourcing targets and expands current supplier selection options accordingly. Regularly evaluates these targets to raise the bar in terms of deliverables;
7. Negotiate commercials, contract terms and implementation plan with suppliers. Ensures compliance documents and signing of contracts with suppliers by collaborating with legal, business, operations and vendors.