Description

EU CATEGORY MANAGER

Job summary

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. We are seeking a Procurement Manager for Paper Dunnage for European Fulfillment Center Operations needs. The person in this role will coordinate with several teams across Amazon and will interact with our most important suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements.

This senior level role has responsibility for managing the Dunnage category.

This role involves category management for Paper Dunnage procurement. A strategic sourcing approach must be developed and roadmap created to identify cost reduction opportunities over multiple years. Cross-regional teams will be directed to negotiate framework agreements and identify savings through standardization and automation. Supplier relationships at a senior level must be proactively managed to continually optimize performance, address any supply issues, and add value through regular review meetings.

Strong analytical and collaboration skills are needed to successfully drive programs across international operations and departments. Experience in supply chain, procurement, and project management in required. The ability to conceptualize new frameworks and engage stakeholders effectively is important for leading complex, large-scale initiatives that significantly improve logistics operations and lower costs through both process improvements and strategic sourcing.

LOCATION

Role could be located in London, Luxembourg, Barcelona, Paris. Preferable location is Luxembourg.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead multiple cross-functional project teams to develop and expand packaging logistics optimization programs across Europe.

• Build comprehensive business cases and defend proposals to senior leadership to obtain approval for new initiatives.

• Oversee the implementation of approved solutions and monitor progress towards cost savings and performance targets.

• Develop and execute a strategic sourcing approach for the labels category to identify savings opportunities.

• Direct cross-regional teams to negotiate framework agreements and standardize sourcing and procurement processes.

• Proactively manage senior-level supplier relationships through regular performance reviews and issue resolution.

• Conceptualize new supply chain frameworks, engage stakeholders effectively, and collaborate across departments and regions.

Candidate must be able to travel, up to 30%

A day in the life

Morning:

Kickoff meeting with project team leads to review status and issues on xDock expansion projects

Review overnight reports on key metrics like dock traffic, lead times, pallet space utilization

Mid-morning:

Meet with SPOC to refine negotiation strategy for 3PL contracts

Check-in with suppliers on upcoming opportunities or issues

Afternoon:

Connect with key stakeholders to draft Draft business case for new xDock building

Review progress on strategic sourcing initiatives for labels category

Late afternoon:

Discussstock levels with the label suppliers to ensure supply for the following 3 weeks.

Discuss with Finance Savings forecasting vs Actuals deviation

Evening:

Prepare for next day's meetings and continue working on building future business cases to further scale up packaging logistics optimization across Europe.

About the team

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and the top line;

• Grow in a fast-pace environment where every day is day one;

• Being surrounded by inspiring and diverse individuals;

• Learn from people with a wide variety of professional backgrounds;

• Ability to develop new skills and opportunities through lateral, geographical or functional moves.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Luxembourg, LUX

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL

• Experience in program or project management

• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

• Experience in defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics

• Experience in supply chain

• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

• Experience leading process improvements

• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

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