Procurement Category Manager, InfraOps Planning and Sourcing

Responsibilities

• Manage a category within the Security Technology, Guarding, and Repair (MRO) domains
• Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations
• Plan and execute effective negotiation strategies with vendors
• Analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies
• Understand trends in customers’ needs and concerns, across categories and regions, to influence customers’ priorities
• Build strong relationships with customers and ensure customer satisfaction
• Lead supplier selection process across multiple categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management
• Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships
• Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as management of contracts post-execution

Requirements

• 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
• U.S. Citizenship Required

Qualifications

• 4+ years of program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process experience
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies

Skills

• Highly analytical
• Think strategically and globally
• Exhibit curiosity
• Have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines, succeed in a fast-paced environment
• Have a high level of customer focus and business judgement
• Embrace and model Amazon’s Leadership Principles

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.