Senior Global Category Manager

Key job responsibilities

• Negotiate supply agreement to ensure supply continuity, mitigate risk, and support AWS growth.
• Lead supplier QBRs tracking performance across delivery, quality, cost, and roadmap; deliver weekly project updates, monthly executive briefings, and own escalations to resolution.
• Develop sourcing strategies while tracking industry trends and aligning supplier roadmaps to AWS strategic initiatives.
• Own component cost management, driving year-over-year reductions in NRE, Capex and BOM+MVA.
• Manage PPV, spot market buy budget and variance analysis for financial planning.
• Negotiate complex supplier agreements and SOWs.

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of working with Core Cloud Technology Services, including, but not limited to Compute, Edge, Hybrid, Security, and/or Networking experience.
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level.
• Experience leading complex, multi-year initiatives that may be cross-functional and/or span business and technology.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or science.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in business, data science, public administration, finance, engineering, human resources, or related field, or PMP certificate.
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements.
• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations across leadership and cross-functional teams.