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Strategic Sourcing Manager, GCP JP / APAC - Corporate Procurement

At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the world’s largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the Corporate Procurement team is fueling our explosive growth by identifying innovative sourcing strategies and negotiating sustainable, long-term partnerships.

Amazon is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join the Corporate Procurement team. The role is based in Tokyo, Japan. This role serves in a pivotal role, leading strategic sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units to enable new business initiatives to launch and scale rapidly. Spend categories under management include Marketing, Professional Services, HR, Travel, Perm & Temp Labor, Architecture, Construction, and Property/Facilities. Key leadership traits required include the ability to influence and form strong partnerships with business leaders, and operational excellence in managing multiple complex and competing priorities simultaneously.

Our team are expert practitioners in the tools for creating competitive environments, and have a strong bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. We routinely influence C-level vendor relationships by advising senior Amazon leaders across multiple stakeholder groups on the direction of sourcing projects in support of business unit and corporate goals.

Primary responsibilities of this role:

• Establishing strong relationships with internal business stakeholders; building a strong understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.
• Developing global sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients.
• Evaluating supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and bench-marking analysis.
• Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
• Identifying sourcing opportunities by leveraging spend analysis tools and engage with stakeholders to consolidate requirements over categories, suppliers and geographies.
• Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on total cost of ownership.
• Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies; maintaining procurement ethics in accordance with Amazon’s global policies.
• Prepare and hold business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance, future opportunities, and/or challenges.

Key job responsibilities:

• Identify Sourcing opportunities
• Skilled negotiator
• Able to work (read and write) in both EN and JP fluently
• Work independently and make decisions autonomously
• Strong sense of ownership, able to handle end-to-end sourcing projects
• Multi-tasking skills as job requires to handle multiple projects and activities at the same time
• Able to act quickly and focus on highest priorities

A day in the life:

• Execute sourcing projects
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders
• Identify best sourcing strategy balancing effort vs efficiencies
• Able to explore options and suggest recommendation, even if they are 'bold'
• Work independently and willing to take risks and 'dare'
• Be passionate about managing and executing sourcing project
• Able to communicate efficiently and effectively with stakeholders from many different business units
• Be a self-starter in anything you do
• Focus on result vs working hours
• Have a strong sense of ownership
• Able to move at very fast pace while juggling multiple projects
• Comfortable in working on tactical as well as high strategic (VP level) initiatives

Basic Qualifications:

• Significant relevant strategic sourcing experience, to include experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation with global contracts.
• In-depth experience in best-in-class procurement practices (category management, bench-marking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.).
• BS/BA Degree.
• Fluency in both Japanese and English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree (MBA/MS)
• Strong negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and conducting negotiations.
• Extensive knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.
• Strong experience assessing risk and concisely explaining complex issues to principal business owners.
• Extremely customer-focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business.
• Experience working in a large, global, highly matrixed organization.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly synthesize, distill and draw conclusions on large amounts of disparate data.
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Passionate self-starter with the highest integrity and ethics.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Job Title:
Sourcing Specialist

Location:
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Department:
Procurement

Employment Type:
Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive
Sourcing Specialist
to join our Procurement team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and supporting cross-functional teams to meet procurement goals. This role requires strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality sourcing of goods and services aligned with Aquat's operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies aligned with the Aquat objectives, ensuring cost-effectiveness, quality, and timely delivery.
• Identify, research, and evaluate potential suppliers of goods, materials, and services.
• Conduct market analysis to understand industry trends, pricing, and supplier capabilities.
• Analyze supplier responses, evaluate bids, and make recommendations for supplier selection.
• Negotiate prices, terms, and contracts with suppliers to achieve favorable outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures.
• Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings and process improvements in the sourcing process.
• Maintain accurate records of all sourcing activities, contracts, and supplier information.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, including Quality, Operations, and Engineering departments.
• Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging sourcing trends.
• Prepare KPIs and work reports for the purchasing section on a weekly and monthly basis.

Requirements & Skills

• Proven experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain roles.
• Strong knowledge of sourcing strategies, supplier evaluation, and contract negotiation.
• Familiarity with procurement systems and tools.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and manage multiple priorities.
• High attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Fluency in English; Arabic language skills are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in
  Logistics
  ,
  Supply Chain Management
  ,
  Business Administration
  , or a related field (Must).
• Professional certifications (e.g.,
  CIPS
  ,
  CSCP
  , or
  APICS
  ) are an advantage.

• Support the Regional Category Manager in development of category strategy (for Local/Hub categories).

• Define and implement category strategy (for local categories).

• Implement the category strategic procurement process for local/hub suppliers.

• Provide insight into specific local /hub suppliers, markets and business factors; ensure compliance with global policy.

• Interface between the local/hub business and the category, and be first contact for suppliers

• For local categories, define category strategy based on internal present and future requirements utilizing supplier and competitor market analysis, local HOP and key business stakeholders.

• Ensure deployment and maintenance of local category strategy in all entities.

• Manage contracts and supplier relationship in the long term.

• Be accountable for the procurement performance related to his/her portfolio

Resolve issues related to supplier in his/her portfolio.

• The Sourcing Specialist is responsible for the sourcing strategy of equipment/materials/services in the specified local category. Jointly with the Operations, the Sourcing Specialist has the responsibility to prepare the Annual Sourcing Strategy/Plan, based on business objectives and the need to improve safety, quality, reliability, on-time Delivery, competitiveness or reduce risks related to product supply. Sourcing Specialist is in charge of overseeing local category management and ensures central-local collaboration in Coordinated/Enforced categories.

• The sourcing plan shall primarily focus on supplier qualification (new or extension), frame agreement, co-development, alliances, early partnering on key projects. The Sourcing Specialist focuses on identifying and partnering « Best Class » suppliers, offering innovative technology solutions at a competitive price. The Sourcing Specialist is accountable for the supplier market analysis, besides their responsibilities to deploy the sourcing strategy on key categories, thus improving safety, quality, reliability, on-time delivery, competitiveness or reduce risks related to product supply. The Sourcing Specialist is expected to negotiate frame contracts for local suppliers and manage strategic relationships

• He/She collaborates with the critical vendors to enhance transparency and integration, better (Quality) control of sub-vendors as well as competitiveness opportunities. Enhanced interaction will enable to decrease significantly our procurement costs through a Design-To-Cost approach, an adjustment of the scope of supply (with the vendors focusing on their core competencies) and a development of a new supply approach on sub-components such as motors etc. (e.g.: Technical, Price agreement).

Accountabilities & related Activities

• Manage local spend in the category
• Perform rigorous analysis on local category cost base and suppliers to ensure delivery of spend and efficiency targets
• Ensure supply to the business and execution of local procurement
• Own, manage and negotiate local supplier relationships and take sourcing decisions
• Manage local supplier performance (performance to SLAs, continuous improvement – cost and innovation)
• Stay abreast of market conditions and trends (including global pricing benchmarks) to inform strategy and ensure supply continuity
• Define and implement a local category strategy if required
• Implement best practice category management techniques
• Implement standards, processes and tools consistent with overall procurement function
• Comply with overall procurement spend and preferred supplier policies, and monitor compliance of business end users
• Participate in the local and central skill development plan activities

1. Category Strategy

• Define 3 years local category strategy including the supplier strategy for its scope
• In close cooperation with Stakeholders, establish yearly ambition and its updates (within the target and rolling forecast processes)
• Implement and manage the local category strategy
• Liaise with other HUB Category Managers / clusters / countries counterparts to ensure alignment on sourcing initiatives and priorities, as well as assessing practices for consideration in own efforts
• Analyze current procurement portfolio, spend, supply base, contracts for the local entity
• Analyze industry market profile and key suppliers, TCO drivers
• Identify Risks & Opportunities
• Perform internal and external benchmarks in relationship with the Procurement Performance Manager
• Identify short term opportunities (volumes consolidation, bundling) and long term opportunities (standardization, etc) and consolidate needs (OPEX and CAPEX), establish RFx planning

2. Sourcing execution & Contract Management

• Analyse requirements and challenge specifications with requesters
• Identify potential suppliers and propose the list to requesters
• Launch RFx to pre-selected suppliers and deploy the process of suppliers selection (technical and commercial) with requesters
• Analyze offers using TCO and "Should Cost" approaches, make scenarios and propose short list of suppliers based on fact-based and agreed criteria to requesters
• Select suppliers and negotiate contracts/purchase orders in alignment with Regional Category Managers
• Communicate and explain contracts to Spot Buyers / Requisitioners and finance team for deployment and appropriate execution, including Purchase Requisition to Purchase order creation in the system.
• Communicate contracts to internal customers (Supply chain)
• Establish measures and controls to ensure and track successful implementation of the contract in collaboration with Procurement Performance Manager
• Follow and manage contract implementation (application of price escalation formulas, volume rebate collection, products and services portfolio management, progress clauses, renewal etc.), including
• Update of procurement database (contracts, catalogues.)
• Define and periodically review buying channels
• Manage incidents and claims

3. Suppliers relationship management

• Lead SRM activities for key suppliers of his/her category (supplier strategy, evaluations, review and audit, innovation initiatives, internal promotion of supplier, supplier days)
• Understand (and in some cases is involved in) the strategy of his/her most important suppliers
• Animate the supplier qualification and audit process in collaboration with Inspection teams, HSEQ and Technical experts
• Support in Corporate Social Program (CSP) nomination process (validation)
• Lead supplier risk identification and mitigation to ensure compliance with risk mapping regulation.
• Manage supplier qualification and system on-boarding in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Facilitate introduction of suppliers to company level stakeholders

4. Stakeholders management

• Develop and manage relationship with internal customers to ensure deployment of category strategies
• Develop internal customer feedback on category strategies
• Develop internal customer feedback regarding Supplier Performance
• Lead working sessions with internal customers to identify TCO reduction opportunities
• Develop proactive proximity and build recognition of the procurement function with internal customers

5. Continuous Improvement

• Conduct periodic surveys to measure internal customer feedback for continuous improvement in collaboration with the Procurement Performance Manager
• Get suggestions from suppliers to improve AL processes and develop innovations originating from suppliers
• Undertake corrective actions with suppliers to improve performance (e.g. Supplier development programs, progress plans,…) and track progress
• Undertake corrective actions with Functions to improve contract compliance
• Proactively organize sessions with internal customers to identify further TCO/TVO reduction opportunities: standardization, joint process improvement opportunities, value engineering, etc
• Identify opportunities for automating Purchase Orders (catalogues, Open PO, Blanket Purchase Orders, etc.)
• Analyze spot buying reduction opportunities, define and implement corrective actions

6. Reporting

• Consolidate and present Category Management action plan to his/her Management
• Provide periodic activity reporting to his/her Management on actual and projected savings related to his/her categories

Education:

Bachelors degree in business/finance/economics.

Language:

English.

Knowledge and Knowhow specific to the job

• Be Act Engage
• Category & Sourcing Strategy (Must have)
• Category & Market Expertise (Must have)
• Supplier Selection, Qualification & Relationship (Must have)
• Negotiations & Contract Knowledge (Must have)
• Performance & Process Management (Data, KPI & Digital Tools) (Must have)
• Planification & Expediting (Good to have)
• Financial Analysis (Transversal) (Should have)
• Project Management (Transversal) (Must have
• Data analysis.

Complementary Capabilities

• Thinking & Partnering strategically
• Influencing for Change
• Managing conflict
• Analysing and solving problems
• Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills.

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.