Category Manager, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

Key job responsibilities

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

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