Sourcing Event Specialist, GSS, WWAS TA C Sourcing

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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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