Sr Buyer, Global Procurement Central Services (GPCS)

Role: Sr Buyer GPCS (Global Procurement Central Services)
Business area: Procurement Operations
The GPCS Team, reporting into the Global Procurement Organisation (GPO), ensures that Amazon gets value for money for non-inventory goods to provide the Fulfilment Centres with the necessary shipping supplies they need to operate smoothly. As a GPCS Buyer, you will provide functional support to all the Fulfilment Centres (FCs) within a cluster of FCs for all aspects of procurement. This includes securing the constant flow of packaging goods and services, supplied at the best overall value to the business on a day to day basis. Responsibilities could also include the compliance check of purchase requisitions, creation of procurement catalogs and onboarding of new vendors.
The number of FCs within a cluster will ideally depend on FC size and other relevant parameters. The GPCS Buyer will directly report to the Procurement Manager for GPCS APAC.
• Travel Requirements: Occasional Travel may be required to visit individual FCs within the cluster/other regions (5% of the total time)
Key job responsibilities
The extent of your responsibilities will include but is not limited to:
• Lead process improvement initiatives / projects
• Perform weekly and monthly business reviews
• Support the change management of new shipping supplies materials introduction
• Plan and execute the daily forecast and effective materials management of all non-inventory packaging supplies
• Execute purchase order creation
• Liaise with suppliers to secure prompt deliveries
• Develop relationships with primary internal customers (on-site management teams), external suppliers and other Amazon Teams (Operations and Corporate)
• Work in full compliance with the company Spending and Transaction Policy
• Plan truck deliveries in full
• Communicate the accurate delivery schedule to the local FC materials receiving teams
• Be the escalation POC to ensure deliveries are offloaded as per the agreed timelines with suppliers
• Work with Operations and on site procurement teams to define strategies to mitigate space constraints
• Manage and drive down the number of Invoices on Hold (IOH) requests
• Provide support to other buyers in other regions as and when required
• Provide training to new buyers
• Deliver Procurement metrics in line with set targets. This includes achieving KPI metrics, cost savings for the cluster, no FC stock-out issues and achieving individual project objectives.
• Perform compliance checks on purchase requisitions
• Create, modify or deprecate procurement catalogs
• Perform Vendor Onboarding tasks
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Experience in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business, IT or any other procurement related career
- Experience leading Procurement and/or Supply Chain projects at regional scale
- Experience in the procurement of shipping supplies, direct materials and/or inventory planning
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