Category Manager, Equipment, MHE Lifecycle

About the role

Description Category Manager for MHE Lifecycle is a part of GPO – Global Procurement Organization and represents a global role responsible for managing the procurement of MHE (Material Handling Equipment) Lifecycle services, serving Amazon's operations and internal customers (predominantly RME – Reliability and Maintenance Engineers).

Responsibilities

• Spare Parts
• Supporting and implementing the sourcing strategy for spare parts including direct sourcing from manufacturers and distributors
• Managing supplier relationships and performance for assigned spare parts suppliers
• Regular and project specific commercial terms negotiations for spare parts
• Negotiating the contracts with suppliers covering spare parts
• Contributing to the Recommended Spare Parts List (RSPL) process improvement and catalog optimization
• Supporting Supply Chain Risk Assessments for spare parts with newly awarded MHE Integrators for greenfield sites
• Supporting internal customers (mainly RME) in fulfilling their needs by cooperating with suppliers of spare parts
• Developing AI Tools to optimize procurement activities for spare parts and bring team’s efficiency
• Hotline Services
• Managing hotline support contracts with MHE Integrators and service providers
• Tracking and optimizing SLA performance and response times
• Supporting contract negotiations and renewals for hotline support agreements
• Coeordinating escalation processes with suppliers in partnership with RVM and RME Field teams
• Maintenance Activities
• Managing procurement of preventive maintenance (PM) and corrective maintenance contracts
• Supporting Prime & Peak onsite support sourcing and contract management
• Driving standardization of maintenance service scopes and pricing models across regions
• Monitoring supplier performance against maintenance KPIs and SLAs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 2+ years of procurement, purchasing, supply chain related work in a procurement organization experience
• Experience in program or project management
• Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
• Experience in supply chain
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience managing and negotiating contracts and vendor relationships

Skills

• Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Experience leading process improvements
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience in sourcing and category management including the strategy definition supported by defined KPIs

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below.

• USA, TN, Nashville - 57,800.00 - 86,600.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Houston - 64,200.00 - 96,200.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington - 64,200.00 - 96,200.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Bellevue - 80,200.00 - 100,600.00 USD annually

Schedule

Not specified