Procurement Category Manager, InfraOps Planning and Sourcing

Amazon • Austin, TX

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About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation
of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the
cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage,
networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have
continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging
problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re
looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply
chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest
standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at
the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive
culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost
cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS’
Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement (ISCaP) organization works to deliver
cutting-edge solutions to source, build and maintain our socially responsible
data center supply chains. We are a team of highly-motivated, engaged, and
responsive professionals who enable the core sustainable infrastructure of AWS.
Come join our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the
largest cloud services company on Earth!

As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing
strategies for at least one services category 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.

Requirements

• 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience
• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field
• Experience in procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations
• Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python
• Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process experience
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies

Responsibilities

• Manage a category within the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) domains
• Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations
• Plan and execute effective negotiation strategies with vendors.
• Analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies
• Understand trends in customers’ needs and concerns, across categories and regions, to influence customers’ priorities
• Build strong relationship with customers and ensure customer satisfaction
• Lead supplier selection process across multiple categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management
• Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships
• Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as management of contracts post-execution

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