Catgory Manager, GPO, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

About the role

The NA GPO EF team is looking for a Category Manager with a strong delivery record and proven project management experience to own strategic, tactical and cross-functional sourcing programs in external 3PL procurement.

Key job responsibilities

• Drive appropriate commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving the lowest total cost of ownership that meets the business' goals, supported by a culture of continuous improvement with cost & performance benchmarks in use.
• Lead sourcing engagements and competitive bidding (RFI, RFQ, and RFP).
• Achieve cost savings through projects including bidding and commercial negotiations.
• Leverage proven negotiation strategies to deliver against business objectives and achieve sustainable relationships with strategic suppliers pertaining to Amazon Operations.
• Influence suppliers' processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations by leveraging the growth of Amazon's spend.
• Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions.
• Analyze and determine cost reduction opportunities by leveraging volumes, optimizing the supplier base and reducing total cost of ownership.
• Analyze and understand data to create accurate forecasting.
• Adapt to a fast paced, constantly changing environment.
• Work with our team and business partners for the creation and continuous improvement.
• Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to forecasting, delivery, quality, and cost.

Basic qualifications

• 3+ 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.
• 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.
• 3+ years of negotiations/cost savings, supplier excellence, and risk mitigation 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.

Skills

• Strong communication skills and the experience to influence and support cross-functional stakeholder groups across all levels of the organization.
• Takes initiative and demonstrates ownership in driving business goals, while being agile to manage change in a rapidly growing division.
• Ability to influence and form strong partnerships with business leaders.
• Operational excellence in managing multiple complex and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Strong written skills and ability to go through large sets of documents with ease.
• Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, Power Bi, Tableau, Quick sight.
• Aptitude for AI and automation activities.
• Sound judgment and excellent written/verbal communication skills.
• Ability to extract insights from data, synthesize, and communicate clearly appropriate triggers and actions.

Pay

Base salary range: $77,200.00 - $115,800.00 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.

Benefits

• 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.

USA, TN, Nashville

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