Category Manager, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

Amazon • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

Global MHE procurement components team secures the supplier technology,
solutions, and capacity required to deliver the highly automated FC technology
road-map. Our team also directs the global MHE components acquisition and
supplier development for One-MHS, customer fulfillment (GCF), specialty
fulfillment (GSF), and transportation (ATS) operations. These solutions require
continuous engineering development, emerging and disruptive technology
innovations and long-term supplier partnerships. We are filling a key role on
our global components sourcing team, which will be exclusively supporting the
Megatron program and driving Direct-Sourcing in an effort to pull-in 2027/2028
programs to build up peak capacity in our First-Mile network.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant strategic sourcing and category management in indirect categories such as professional services, support or maintenance spend, supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
• 3+ years of supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

Responsibilities

• Engage with the Megatron team as the Single-Threaded Lead from the Components team to provide the solutions by Direct-Sourcing from OEMs, achieving shorter leadtimes, lower cost, and increased flexibility and capacity compared to traditional turnkey MHE solutions provided by MHE Integrators.
• Lead cross-functional sourcing events, negotiate with suppliers, and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position for the procured equipment necessary to deliver the goals of Megatron
• Develop and implement category sourcing strategies for equipment & components that form the overall MHE system or sub-systems
• Develop and manage strong strategic relationships with our key suppliers and business partners to reduce cost, compress project lifecycles, advance solution quality and improve capital efficiencies.
• Facilitate suppliers’ understanding of Amazon global policies, equipment design standards, budget and cost targets, and service and quality expectations
• Drive suppliers’ continuous improvement and development program in support of quality, delivery and cost performance metrics.
• Support common global supplier selection processes, global supplier development processes, and continued managed expansion of the global supplier base.
• Manage common global supplier metrics and data reporting to support the achievement of continuous cost improvement targets.
• Lead special projects on a worldwide basis to reduce costs, improve efficiencies, improve performance of strategic suppliers, and improve project implementation results.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level