Data Center Category Manager, AWS Data Center Sourcing & Procurement

Amazon • Arlington, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon is seeking a motivated and data-driven Procurement Category Manager to support the Americas data center construction space. The candidate should have strong supply chain and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities and a hands-on passion to dive-deep into processes used in our data center operations network. Additionally, candidate must have proven skills in managing large-scale supply chain and procurement improvement projects. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies within construction services space and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. You will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category. The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, communicates appropriately and influences customers and suppliers at all levels. You will be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you will be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; exhibit curiosity and learning drive; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines, succeed in a fast-paced environment; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon’s Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit. Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above in Business, Procurement, Logistics, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Analysis, Construction, or other related fields
• 3+ years of supply chain management, production planning, capacity planning or manufacturing operations experience

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree or above in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Math, Business or other related quantitative disciplines

Responsibilities

• Create and implement sourcing strategies within construction services space
• Collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs for Amazon
• Develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery
• Drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category
• Prioritize activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful

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