Procurement Category Manager

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil/Environmental Engineering, Construction Management, Contract/Cost Management or Business Administration from an accredited university - 5+ years’ of relevant experience in an international Procurement organization performing regional category management, contract negotiation and bidding, with 3+ years managing CAPEX categories - Demonstrated ability to create and implement category strategies, develop pricing models, to influence and execute across all levels of an organization AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for the Energy and Water Infrastructure categories and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce risks and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. Additionally, you will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category. You will also create global Procurement processes and tools to drive innovation across teams. Key job responsibilities **Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following**: - Manage the Water Infrastructure categories within the CAPEX domain across APJC - Ensure on-time execution of RFPs/tenders across multiple countries from supplier on-boarding, RFx initiation, pre-tender briefings, post-tender interviews and clarifications, proposal evaluations, negotiations, supplier selection till contract award - Achieve cost savings through bidding, negotiations and strategic initiatives - Understand customer requirements and analyze category data to establish and implement robust regional procurement category strategies that deliver value to the business - Understand trends in customers’ needs and concerns across categories and regions to influence customers’ priorities - Provide in-depth knowledge about the supply market and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically, to the business. - Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to delivery, quality, and cost - Create supplier scorecards to measure and track supplier performance - Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships - Innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Lifecycle - Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as management of contracts post-execution - Some travel may be required (< 30%) About the team Diverse Experiences Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. - Master’s degree