Data Center Category Manager, Data Center Sourcing & Procurement
Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Arlington, VA · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, accommodation, etc). Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include placeholder sections like Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. The posting includes salary ranges for locations, benefits description, and mentions "Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)." Also mentions benefits: health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave. So we have Pay and Benefits sections. Schedule? Not mentioned. So we omit Schedule.
We need sections: About the role (maybe from description), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We need to parse content.
Let's extract:
Description: "Amazon is seeking a motivated and data-driven procurement category manager to support the Americas data center construction space. The candidate should have strong supply chain and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities and a hands-on passion to dive-deep into processes used in our data center operations network. Additionally, candidate must have proven skills in managing large-scale supply chain and procurement improvement projects. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies within construction services space and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. You will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category. The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, communicates appropriately and influences customers and suppliers at all levels. You will be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you will be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; exhibit curiosity and learning drive; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines, succeed in a fast-paced environment; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon’s Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit."
That's about role and responsibilities. Could split into About the role (overview) and Responsibilities (specific duties). Let's decide.
About the role: maybe first paragraph summarizing role: "Amazon is seeking a motivated and data-driven procurement category manager to support the Americas data center construction space..." etc.
Responsibilities: bullet list of duties: create and implement sourcing strategies within construction services space; collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs; develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery; drive results through competitive bidding, negotiating, analyzing data and market trends; think long term, drive multiple initiatives, communicate appropriately, influence customers and suppliers; be collaborative but work with significant autonomy; be highly analytical, think strategically and globally, exhibit curiosity and learning drive, sense of urgency, high customer focus and business judgement; embrace Amazon Leadership Principles, entrepreneurial spirit.
Also "A Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate ..." list of attributes. Those could be Requirements/Qualifications/Skills.
Let's extract bullet points from "A Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate":
- Proven experience driving large-scale process improvements resulting in measurable value
- High attention to detail including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- Ability to think strategically and execute methodically
- Demonstrated ability to influence teams to adopt change utilizing smart technologies
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where ambiguity exists and continuous innovation is desired
- Committed to learning and expanding professional and technical knowledge
- Demonstrated analytical, financial and quantitative skills and ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager / owner mentality
- Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding the product, our business, and the competitive landscape
- Ability to see ahead comprehensively and devise a strong plan of action, and ensure execution happens on time, every time
- Ability to get things done and produce conclusive, measurable results within time commitments
- Strong data analysis and analytical skills
Also "A day in the life": each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.
That could be part of Responsibilities or About the role.
"About The Team" paragraph: AWS Infrastructure Services owns design, planning, delivery, operation of all AWS global infrastructure... etc. That's about team.
"About AWS Diverse Experiences": encourages candidates to apply even if not meet all qualifications.
"Why AWS?" sections: talk about AWS, inclusive team culture, mentorship & career growth, work/life balance. Those are more company info; could be omitted as boilerplate? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "Why AWS?" sections might be considered promotional but not boilerplate; they contain substantive info about culture, benefits, growth. However they may be considered generic. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep relevant info that is not boilerplate. The "Why AWS?" includes inclusive team culture, mentorship & career growth, work/life balance. Those are substantive but could be considered benefits/culture. However we already have Benefits section; we could incorporate those into Benefits or maybe a separate "About AWS" section? The instruction only lists specific headings we can use; we should not create new headings beyond those listed. So we must fit content into allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map all info into those.
Thus we can put team description maybe under About the role or Responsibilities? Probably About the role includes team context.
"About AWS Diverse Experiences" could be part of Requirements? Not really. Could be part of Qualifications? It's encouraging applicants; maybe we can ignore as it's more encouragement but still substantive. However we could treat it as part of Requirements (encouragement to apply). But better to include under "About the role" as it's about the team and culture.
" Why AWS?" sections: inclusive team culture, mentorship & career growth, work/life balance. Those could go under Benefits (as they are benefits/culture). But Benefits already includes health insurance etc. We could add those as bullet points under Benefits.
Pay: we have salary ranges per location. Also mention sign-on payments and RSUs. So we need Pay section with those details.
Schedule: not mentioned, so omit.
Now we need to avoid duplication. Ensure we preserve all substantive info.
Let's craft sections:
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, accommodation, etc). Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include placeholder sections like Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. The posting includes salary ranges for locations, benefits description, and mentions "Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)." Also mentions benefits: health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave. So we have Pay and Benefits sections. Schedule? Not mentioned. So we omit Schedule.
We need sections: About the role (maybe from description), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We need to parse content.
Let's extract:
Description: "Amazon is seeking a motivated and data-driven procurement category manager to support the Americas data center construction space. The candidate should have strong supply chain and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities and a hands-on passion to dive-deep into processes used in our data center operations network. Additionally, candidate must have proven skills in managing large-scale supply chain and procurement improvement projects. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies within construction services space and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. You will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category. The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, communicates appropriately and influences customers and suppliers at all levels. You will be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you will be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; exhibit curiosity and learning drive; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines, succeed in a fast-paced environment; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon’s Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit."
That's about role and responsibilities. Could split into About the role (overview) and Responsibilities (specific duties). Let's decide.
About the role: maybe first paragraph summarizing role: "Amazon is seeking a motivated and data-driven procurement category manager to support the Americas data center construction space..." etc.
Responsibilities: bullet list of duties: create and implement sourcing strategies within construction services space; collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs; develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery; drive results through competitive bidding, negotiating, analyzing data and market trends; think long term, drive multiple initiatives, communicate appropriately, influence customers and suppliers; be collaborative but work with significant autonomy; be highly analytical, think strategically and globally, exhibit curiosity and learning drive, sense of urgency, high customer focus and business judgement; embrace Amazon Leadership Principles, entrepreneurial spirit.
Also "A Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate ..." list of attributes. Those could be Requirements/Qualifications/Skills.
Let's extract bullet points from "A Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate":
- Proven experience driving large-scale process improvements resulting in measurable value
- High attention to detail including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- Ability to think strategically and execute methodically
- Demonstrated ability to influence teams to adopt change utilizing smart technologies
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where ambiguity exists and continuous innovation is desired
- Committed to learning and expanding professional and technical knowledge
- Demonstrated analytical, financial and quantitative skills and ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager / owner mentality
- Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding the product, our business, and the competitive landscape
- Ability to see ahead comprehensively and devise a strong plan of action, and ensure execution happens on time, every time
- Ability to get things done and produce conclusive, measurable results within time commitments
- Strong data analysis and analytical skills
Also "A day in the life": each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.
That could be part of Responsibilities or About the role.
"About The Team" paragraph: AWS Infrastructure Services owns design, planning, delivery, operation of all AWS global infrastructure... etc. That's about team.
"About AWS Diverse Experiences": encourages candidates to apply even if not meet all qualifications.
"Why AWS?" sections: talk about AWS, inclusive team culture, mentorship & career growth, work/life balance. Those are more company info; could be omitted as boilerplate? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "Why AWS?" sections might be considered promotional but not boilerplate; they contain substantive info about culture, benefits, growth. However they may be considered generic. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep relevant info that is not boilerplate. The "Why AWS?" includes inclusive team culture, mentorship & career growth, work/life balance. Those are substantive but could be considered benefits/culture. However we already have Benefits section; we could incorporate those into Benefits or maybe a separate "About AWS" section? The instruction only lists specific headings we can use; we should not create new headings beyond those listed. So we must fit content into allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map all info into those.
Thus we can put team description maybe under About the role or Responsibilities? Probably About the role includes team context.
"About AWS Diverse Experiences" could be part of Requirements? Not really. Could be part of Qualifications? It's encouraging applicants; maybe we can ignore as it's more encouragement but still substantive. However we could treat it as part of Requirements (encouragement to apply). But better to include under "About the role" as it's about the team and culture.
" Why AWS?" sections: inclusive team culture, mentorship & career growth, work/life balance. Those could go under Benefits (as they are benefits/culture). But Benefits already includes health insurance etc. We could add those as bullet points under Benefits.
Pay: we have salary ranges per location. Also mention sign-on payments and RSUs. So we need Pay section with those details.
Schedule: not mentioned, so omit.
Now we need to avoid duplication. Ensure we preserve all substantive info.
Let's craft sections:
About the role
Amazon is seeking a motivated and data-driven procurement category manager to support the Americas data center construction space. The candidate should have strong supply chain and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities and a hands‑on passion to dive‑deep into processes used in our data center operations network. Additionally, the candidate must have proven skills in managing large‑scale supply chain and procurement improvement projects. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies within the construction services space and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and lower costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. You will drive results through competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category. The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, communicates appropriately and influences customers and suppliers at all levels. You will be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you will be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; exhibit curiosity and learning drive; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines, succeed in a fast‑paced environment; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon’s Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit.
That covers overview. Now Responsibilities: we can list bullet points. Responsibilities bullet list: - Create and implement sourcing strategies within construction services space. - Collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and lower costs. - Develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. - Drive results through competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends. - Think long term, drive multiple initiatives, communicate appropriately, and influence customers and suppliers at all levels. - Work collaboratively while maintaining significant autonomy. - Prioritize activities to support data center capacity availability and safety, focusing on the most impactful actions. - Interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. - Work on projects locally and globally. We could also include "embrace Amazon Leadership Principles" but that's more about role. Now Requirements: maybe combine the "A Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate" list plus basic qualifications? Actually Basic Qualifications are separate. We have Basic Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. Those are qualifications. So we can have Requirements (maybe Basic Qualifications) and Qualifications (Preferred). Or we can have Requirements (basic) and Qualifications (preferred). Skills could be specific tools. Let's decide:Requirements
Basic qualifications:
- 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience
- 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field
- Experience in procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations
- Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis
- Experience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python
- Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced consumer electronics product company