Senior Category Manager, Food Services, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

About the role

The Senior Category Manager will coordinate with several teams across Amazon to source Food Services for the global Customer Fulfillment network. This role involves developing and executing category sourcing strategies, driving supplier relationships, identifying and optimizing opportunities, and reporting on savings and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Establish category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing teams, negotiate with suppliers and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position.
• Drive appropriate relationships with category suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving the optimal solution and cost of ownership that meets the business’ goals supported by a culture of continuous improvement with performance benchmarks in use.
• Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor and optimize opportunities.
• Act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories; anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed.
• Drive category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance and add value to Amazon.
• Identify, achieve and report on savings and sustainability value targets for category sourcing activities.
• Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category.
• Build the category metrics model based on input from the category team to track and monitor performance to the category strategy; measure actual vs planned savings and advise team of trends, escalate issues and own action plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.
• Experience in supply chain
• Experience being responsible/leading large and complex negotiations
• Experience working cross functionally with non-tech teams
• Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. For more information, visit here.