Spain Procurement Manager, DCSP- Construction

AWS is seeking a motivated and data-driven Construction Services Procurement Manager to develop and implement a Procurement Change data centre construction space. The ideal candidate should have a management consulting or change management background, have strong supply chain and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities, construction background and a hands-on passion to dive-deep into processes used in our data centre operations environment. The candidate must have proven skills in managing operational and project teams for procurement improvement projects.

As a Procurement Manager for Spain region, you will work closely with the Construction and Procurement teams to streamline vendor relationships, focusing on tier 2 and tier 3 vendors, ensuring timely delivery of materials, and mitigating bottlenecks in the procurement process. This role will also play a critical part in applying lessons learned from previous projects to enhance efficiency and optimize vendor performance. You will create and implement change programmes that will address policy, process and system changes needed to raise the maturity of the procurement function and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce costs and improve procurement function efficiency for AWS. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to manage improved internal processes. Additionally, you will drive results through methods that include identifying wasteful processes, analysing data and market trends for increasing the business impact of procurement. You will also create global Procurement processes and tools to drive innovation across teams.

The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, and communicates appropriately and influences customers and suppliers at all levels. You must be collaborative but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you must be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines; exhibit an intense curiosity and learning drive; succeed in a fast-paced environment; engage and influence key stakeholders; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. Also, you must have a demonstrated track record of managing multiple projects and driving them to completion to meet business objectives. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon’s Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit with a “get it done” mentality.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of change projects within the Construction/Project domain

• Identify and implement innovative ways to deliver Procurement services

• Engage and coordinate with cross-functional teams of Think Big projects

• Achieve cost savings through process redesign and improvement

• Achieve cycle time reduction for procurement, supplier processes and construction

• Establish supplier framework agreements for services which will reduce the need to conduct competitive bids.

• Identify possible bottlenecks with Tier 2 Tier 3 vendors and invent new mechanisms to avoid any impacts on the schedule and/or cost.

• Identify and implement options for Data Centre build time reduction.

• Analyse category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies

• Understand trends in customers’ needs and concerns, across categories and regions, to influence customers’ priorities

• Support the supplier selection process across multiple categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management

• Ensure you are knowledgeable about the EMEA Construction supply market, supplier capabilities, technically and geographically

• Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to delivery, quality and cost

• Create supplier scorecards to measure and track supplier performance

• Innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Life-cycle

• Work with the construction/preconstruction team to implement new processes in the supply chain, lessons learned and then implement in other regions and projects

• Work with different stakeholders to implement preassembly initiatives on the construction sites

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field

- Experience creating an innovative global supply strategy for the organization resulting in a tangible benefit to the business

- Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company

- Experience practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, or equivalent)

- Experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments

- Experience in program, project or product management, or leading product implementation

Preferred Qualifications

- Master's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field

- Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies

- Experience in negotiations with global suppliers with a proven track record in cost reduction

- Experience in data analysis using tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent

- Experience with international procurement

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