Category Manager, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

About the role

Amazon's Global Procurement Organization (GPO) is seeking a Category Manager to lead global sourcing and category strategies for Storage (Racking) Category. This Category Manager will manage a portfolio of multi-million storage projects across US, Canada and Australia. The Category Manager will deliver cost efficiency, supplier performance across multiple drivers, and supply chain resilience across Amazon's global operations. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role that requires strong analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Key job responsibilities

• Category Strategy: Develop and execute regional category strategies for Storage, including market analysis and developments, spend segmentation/tiering, sourcing roadmaps and enhancements, and supply chain optimization.
• Sourcing & Contracting: Lead competitive sourcing events, negotiate commercial terms, and execute contracts that deliver best value to customer.
• Supplier Management: Build and manage strategic supplier relationships; conduct regular business reviews, track KPIs, and drive continuous improvement in cost, quality, delivery, and sustainability.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with WWDE, OpsEng, Finance, Legal, Operations, and business unit leaders globally to align procurement strategies with business needs and priorities.
• Spend Analytics: Analyze global spend data to identify savings opportunities, consolidation potential, and demand management levers; develop and track savings pipelines.
• Market Intelligence: Monitor industry trends, technology shifts, and supply market dynamics to proactively inform category strategy and risk mitigation plans.
• Contract Compliance: Ensure supplier compliance with contractual obligations, Amazon's Supplier Code of Conduct, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements across the procure-to-pay cycle; support catalog adoption and purchasing compliance initiatives.

A day in the life

• Think strategically about how to develop the Category while supporting the business through tactical execution
• Interface, influence and manage relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization and executives at vendor side
• Explore and analyze in details business, projects, solutions, technology, and opportunities to improve the effectiveness of our processes and deliver increased value to customers

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• 2+ years of supply chain experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

Pay

• USA, TN, Nashville: 77,200.00 - 115,800.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Houston: 85,800.00 - 128,600.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington: 85,800.00 - 128,600.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Bellevue: 85,800.00 - 128,600.00 USD annually

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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

Company: Amazon.com Services LLC

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