Amazon Global Category Manager - APAC Sourcing 

Japan 

624502084

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 prioritiesA 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 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
Other smaller categories: Logistics, software (not enterprise), etc.

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.
• Candidate has to be fluent 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.