At Amazon, we’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. In GPO, the Category Management team owns the strategic relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders. The category team identifies and leads strategic sourcing activities to lower overall total cost of ownership for Amazon operations, ensuring equipment and service availability to meet business owner requirements. The category team develops and negotiates framework agreements to reduce risk and support local teams in project specific needs relevant to category.

The Industrial Design & Supplies (IDS) team under the Global Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) pillar is seeking an experienced Category Manager to globally implement our category’s vision and innovations. The person in this role will coordinate with several teams across Amazon and will interact with our most important suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements. The person in this position will work and partner with multiple teams to develop and execute category sourcing strategies, deliver savings and improve productivity across the category.

Key job responsibilities

Enhance category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing projects, 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
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 value targets for category sourcing activities
Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category
Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions
Develop innovative supply chain solutions for our customers’ pain points and drive the regional/global implementations
Achieve yearly cost saving or value targets appropriate to the category aligned with annual budget processes

Travel domestically and internationally less than 10% the time

A day in the life

You will deliver market leading low-cost, innovative and sustainable product/services to help our Operations teams succeed and delight Amazon.com customers with speed, selection and convenience
You will collaborate to seek inputs and manage outputs from our external suppliers as well as internal partners across Capital Planning, Worldwide Design Engineering (WWDE), Finance, Operations Engineering (Ops Eng.), Reliability and Maintenance Engineering (RME), Workplace Health & Safety (WHS), etc.
You may have to adapt and sometimes take different roles from strategy development to project management to rapidly meet customer needs
You will focus on deep diving categories to unlock value and help deploy emerging technologies at scale for Operations

Amazon offers a full range of benefits for you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.

The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
Maternity and Parental Leave Options
Paid Time Off (PTO)
401(k) PlanIf you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we’d still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About The Team

Think Big and Work Small
Autonomy to innovate supply chain and deliver value for our customers
Collaboration to solve complex problems and navigate ambiguity
Growth in a fast-pace environment with inspiring and diverse individuals

Basic Qualifications

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3+ years of program or project management experience
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2+ years of supply chain experience
Bachelor’s degree
Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Preferred Qualifications

3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
3+ years of driving process improvements experience
Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
3+ years of relevant strategic sourcing and category management in indirect categories such as professional services, support or maintenance spend, supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
3+ years of supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience

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