Senior Category Manager, Power and Utilities, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)
About the role
We are the Global Procurement Organization, and we're building the team that will define how one of the world's largest companies generates, stores, and consumes clean energy. We're looking for a senior procurement leader and people manager to lead our Renewables, Storage, and Mobility portfolio spanning solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen across North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. This is a rare opportunity to lead a high performing team of category managers across fast evolving pillars globally: Lead a team of six category managers each owning complex, high growth categories including solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen fuel solutions Own a portfolio of some of the most strategically important procurement categories in the company Shape the clean energy transition from rooftop solar panels to hydrogen refueling stations, your team will deploy the infrastructure that powers last mile delivery, fulfillment, and transportation Build the playbook for emerging categories battery storage, wind energy, and hydrogen are scaling rapidly and you'll set the strategy for how we source and deploy them globally Turn energy into a revenue stream lead your team in piloting virtual power plants, energy arbitrage, and grid services programs that transform deployed assets from cost centers into profit generators If you're a people leader who thrives on coaching high performers, setting strategic direction across complex global categories, and driving measurable environmental and financial impact, this is the role.
You'll join the Power and Utilities team within Amazon's Global Procurement Organization. We manage the full energy lifecycle for Amazon's worldwide operations across five areas: utilities supply and audits, power infrastructure, on site renewables and storage, EV charging infrastructure, and hydrogen mobility solutions. This role leads the renewables, storage, and mobility pillars, making it one of the most impactful positions on the team. We're a global team that is scaling fast and rewriting how large scale operations source, generate, and consume power.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team category managers across solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen, setting clear goals and enabling career growth
- Define and drive the multi year sourcing strategy across multiple sub categories and four global regions, aligning procurement execution with business, sustainability,