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

About the role

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. The person in this role will coordinate and partner with leaders and teams globally across Amazon and lead interactions with our most important professional suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements.

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.com customers.
• Undertake initiatives to ensure continuity of service supply.
• Collaborate to seek inputs and manage outputs from external suppliers as well as 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 or 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.

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.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage.
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 401(k) Plan.
• Health insurance (including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and options for Supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
• Medical Advice Line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.

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.

Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.