Sourcing Event Specialist, GSS, WWAS TA C Sourcing

Description

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Role Overview

This is a contractual role.

We are seeking a proactive and strategic Engagement and Events Coordinator to drive team cohesion, cross-functional collaboration and organizational culture for 500+ members organization. This role is central to fostering a connected, engaged workplace through thoughtfully planned events, celebrations and collaborative initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:
- Design and execute quarterly town halls, offsite and team celebrations that align with organizational objectives
- Manage end-to-end event logistics including venue selection, vendor coordination, budgeting, and post-event analysis
- Coordinate milestone celebrations including team birthdays, work anniversaries and organizational achievements (promotions)
- Ensure seamless execution across multiple concurrent initiatives with attention to detail and quality

Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with regional RMs and sourcing leads to understand engagement priorities and cultural initiatives
- Facilitate cross-functional participation in events and collaborative activities.
- Build relationships across organizational silos to amplify engagement reach and impact
- Serve as a liaison between leadership and teams to ensure alignment on engagement strategy

Team Engagement Strategy
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive engagement calendar covering town halls, celebrations, and team-building activities
- Gather feedback from teams to continuously improve engagement initiatives, team culture and event experiences
- Identify emerging engagement opportunities, including training, team bonding exercises and propose innovative initiatives to boost teams’ morale
- Track engagement metrics and participation rates to demonstrate program impact

Core Competency - The role holder will be required to create and execute a team engagement strategy for a remote first strategy as one of the core responsibilities.
- Pro activity - Anticipate needs, identifies opportunities and drives initiatives with minimal supervision and direction
- Cross-Functional Excellence - Builds strong relationships across team and facilitates seamless collaboration
- Event Management Mastery - Demonstrates exceptional capability in planning, coordinating, and executing complex events
- Stakeholder Management - Communicates effectively with diverse audiences and manages competing priorities. Curate and organize quarterly manager review sessions according to strategic priorities
- Attention to Detail - Ensures flawless execution and high-quality experiences. Aligns engagement initiatives with organizational objectives to drive culture and team bonding, fostering a culture of collaboration and boost engagement levels

Operational Excellence and Rigor
- Manage engagement budgets and vendor relationships efficiently
- Maintain and drive detailed documentation of events, attendance and outcomes
- Coordinate with HR and leadership on policy alignment and compliance for yearly offsite requiring team travel
- Proactively anticipate organizational needs and propose solutions

Location & Timing:
Locations: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Delhi (Remote role)

About the team
The role holder will be a part of Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) team, which is a central sourcing team for WW Amazon Talent Acquisition (ATA) team. We scout bar raising talent spanning across Americas (NA, LATAM), Europe, AMET and India, to enable and scale cost-efficient sourcing solutions in Tech, Non-Tech and High volume space.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience managing large-scale projects from end to end
- Experience working on and delivering end to end projects independently
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of experience in event planning, team engagement and organizational development
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills with ability to manage multiple initiatives
- Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management capability
- Excellent attention to detail and follow-through on commitments
- Proficiency in event management tools and basic data analysis

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in a fast paced, dynamic organization
- Knowledge of employee engagement best practices and culture-building initiatives
- Experience with virtual and hybrid event management
- Familiarity with engagement metrics and ROI measurement

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