Procurement Category Manager

About This Role

This role is for a leader with procurement experience to strategically source products and services for North America Customer Fulfillment Procurement. The person will coordinate with several teams across Amazon and interact with important suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements, developing and executing category sourcing strategies, delivering savings, and improving productivity. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, creative, critical thinker, and effective communicator.

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 value targets for category sourcing activities
• Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category
• Manage packaging material categories end-to-end, including strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, tender execution, and contract management
• Drive cost optimization through spend analysis, negotiation, and competitive bidding processes
• Manage a portfolio of supplier relationships to ensure quality, capacity, and on-time delivery
• Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, finance, RDPI, engineering, and logistics teams to align packaging specifications, secure supply for peak periods, and resolve escalations
• Monitor market trends
• Manage international supplier coordination across regions
• Deliver savings, manage risks, and drive project milestones

Requirements

• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• 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

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