As a member of the Global Procurement Central Services (GPCS) Sourcing team, you will drive proactive procurement initiatives specializing in unmanaged spend analysis, catalog expansion, and process improvement / automation prospect identification. While supporting reactive sourcing as needed, your primary focus will be identifying and executing opportunities to reduce unmanaged spend under GPO (Global Procurement Organization) coverage, developing automation proposals to improve team efficiency. You will leverage AI-powered tools and analytical platforms to uncover spend patterns, build business cases for process improvements, and lead implementation of scalable solutions. This role supports operations across APAC (Asia-Pacific), NA (North America), and EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) customer requirements.

Key job responsibilities
Lead proactive analysis of unmanaged and free text spend data to identify high-value catalog expansion opportunities — developing actionable recommendations, building business cases,



and driving implementation to reduce non-compliant purchasing across regions.

Identify, propose, and implement automation opportunities within the sourcing workflow — evaluating where AI-powered tools (e.g., automated RFQ (Request for Quotation) generation, intelligent vendor matching, autonomous quote reading) can replace manual processes, reduce cycle times, and improve output quality.

Ensure alignemnt with Category Management teams on sourcing strategies for recurring spend categories, leverage preferred supplier frameworks, and expand catalog coverage to redirect free text spend into compliant / efficient channels.

Execute end-to-end competitive sourcing events for opportunities identified through proactive analysis — managing multi-supplier negotiations, evaluating total cost of ownership, and awarding to optimal suppliers.

Develop and present spend insights, automation proposals, and process improvement recommendations to leadership — using

📌 Buyer - Central Sourcing, Global Tail Sourcing (Hyderabad)
🏢 Amazon
📍 Hyderabad