3+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience
- 3+ years of supply chain experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience
- Experience with supplier or vendor relationship management
- Experience in Microsoft Office packages (including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint)
- English, Spanish or other European language skills
- Ability to work individually, with limited supervision, providing deliverables in a timely matter
- Excellent work ethic and strong professionalism
- Strong problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills to work through challenges
The Supplier Diversity Program identifies, tracks, and promotes spend with diverse and small suppliers. We want to be intentional about including diverse and small suppliers in the selection process for products and services provided to Amazon. Long term, Amazon will lead Fortune100 companies in promoting diverse supplier development and support diverse suppliers in rapidly growing tech, engineering, advertising, and professional trades.
We are looking for Dive-Deep individuals to support the Supplier Diversity program as we are expanding throughout different countries other than USA.
Key job responsibilities
**The Procurement Specialist will be key to**:
**The Procurement Specialist will be key to**:
- Providing Program Managers support in cross-functional teams activities
- Manage relationship with GCP SDI internal customers
- Leading, executing and supporting project lifecycle
- Ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels and manage expectations
- Be autonomous and take ownership of tasks and ability to make decisions
- Independently and cross-functionally deliver on projects/goals
About the team
At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric and sustainable company on earth. To achieve this goal, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people that are committed to making a meaningful impact on environmental sustainability and social responsibility. We are looking for a Procurement Specialist I to grow our and Supplier Diversity and Inclusion Team. This highly visible role will work directly with Procurement, Suppliers, Customers as well as other internal and external partners to increase business opportunities with small and diverse suppliers.
San Jose, SJ, CRI
- 5+ years in Amazon tenure
- Proficient experience collaborating, communicating and researching customer, supplier or seller profiles
- 2+ years of Procurement or Sourcing experience
- Proficiency in using ERP systems (SAP, Oracle and/or COUPA)
- Ability to be resourceful
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience of dealing with both internal and external customers/suppliers at all levels
- Proactive and detailed oriented