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Role: 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:
. 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
. Plan time slots for deliveries upfront with the suppliers
. 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
- Knowledge of advanced English at CEFR level B2/C1
- Experience with MS Office, in particular MS Excel
- Experience in procurement and purchasing, including supplier relationship management
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Job ID: 145020573
