Category Manager, Base Building Maintenance (BBM), Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. We are seeking a Procurement Manager to create worldwide strategies for Base Building Maintenance (BBM) for multiple business units and operation centers. This role involves coordinating and partnering with leaders and teams globally across Amazon, and leading interactions with key professional suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements.

About the role

This leader will work with Regional Maintenance Engineering (RME), Design and Construction, World Wide Design, and Safety to develop and execute category sourcing strategies, deliver savings/value, and improve productivity across the category.

Responsibilities

• Establish category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing teams, negotiate with suppliers, and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position.
• Drive appropriate relationships with category suppliers, aiming to achieve the optimal solution and cost of ownership that meets business goals, supported by a culture of continuous improvement with performance benchmarks.
• Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor, and optimize opportunities.
• Act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories; anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed.
• Drive category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance, and add value to Amazon.
• Identify, achieve, and report on savings and sustainability value targets for category sourcing activities.
• Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category.
• Build the category metrics model based on input from the category team to track and monitor performance to the category strategy; measure actual vs. planned savings, advise the team of trends, escalate issues, and own action plans.
• Deliver market-leading low-cost, innovative, and sustainable service solutions to help Operations teams succeed and delight Amazon customers.
• Undertake initiatives to ensure continuity of service supply.
• Collaborate with external suppliers and internal partners across Design & Operations Engineering, Workplace Health & Safety, Finance, and Reliability/Maintenance Engineering.
• Adapt and sometimes take on different roles from strategy development to project management to rapidly meet customer needs.
• Focus on deep diving categories to unlock value and help deploy emerging technologies at scale for Operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ 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.
• 5+ years of supply chain experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Experience being responsible for/leading large and complex negotiations.
• Travel requirements: Up to 20% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience.
• Master's degree or MBA in supply chain, business, engineering, finance, or related technical or quantitative field.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance, or related technical or quantitative field.

Benefits

Amazon offers a full range of benefits for you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage.
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 401(k) Plan.

Pay

• USA, TN, Nashville: $103,900.00 - $148,400.00 USD annually.
• USA, TX, Houston: $115,400.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually.
• USA, VA, Arlington: $115,400.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually.
• USA, WA, Bellevue: $115,400.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually.

About The Team

• Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and top line.
• Grow in a fast-paced environment where every day is day one.
• Surrounded by inspiring and diverse individuals.
• Learn from people with a wide variety of professional backgrounds.
• Opportunity to develop new skills and opportunities through lateral, geographical, or functional moves.