Category Manager, Packaging, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a strategic procurement professional in the packaging category. The role involves defining sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and implementing process improvements to enhance supply chain efficiency. Candidates should have significant project management experience and strong analytical skills, with a focus on sustainability and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of program/project management experience.
• 2+ years of supply chain experience.
• Advanced Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Define procurement strategy for packaging items.
• Drive commercial relationships with suppliers.
• Collaborate with local teams to implement strategies.

Skills

Program Management

Process Improvement

Supplier Management

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

Amazon's Global Procurement Organization tackles business challenges that help internal customers with innovative procurement strategies. We create value in the supply chain, strive for optimization, and act with one global voice and vision. The Category team owns the strategic relationships with suppliers & internal stakeholders. The team identifies & leads strategic sourcing activities to lower overall total cost of ownership for Amazon operations, ensuring equipment & service availability meet business owner requirements. The team develops & negotiates framework agreements to reduce risk & support local teams in project specific needs relevant to category.

This role in the packaging team will have broad responsibility to define the procurement strategy for key items in the packaging category, sourcing vendors and innovative tools and processes to support a large network of Amazon stakeholders across multiple business lines.

Key job responsibilities

- Develop and deliver long term sourcing strategies, lead key initiatives with cross-functional teams; drive the decision making process of the category roadmap with regional senior leadership

- Drive commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving optimal cost and performance

- Lead supplier performance management including improving sustainability & social responsibility

- Coordinate and collaborate with local teams to deploy and manage the implementation of your defined strategies

A day in the life

- Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and the top line

- Learn from people with a wide variety of professional backgrounds

About the team

The GPO packaging team provides critical materials and supply chain continuity across risk and business need, delivering best-in-class cost, quality, and sustainble solutions to operations worldwide.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

- Business fluency in Arabic

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