Senior Category Manager, GPO

Amazon Middle East and North Africa FZ-LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Middle East is seeking a Category Manager with strong project management experience and procurement skills. The role involves driving strategic sourcing projects and managing supplier relationships to achieve business objectives. The ideal candidate will excel in a fast-paced environment and possess strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• 5+ years of supply chain experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive commercial relationships with suppliers to achieve cost savings.
• Create and execute strategic sourcing projects.
• Negotiate and implement supplier agreements.

Skills

Analytical Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Education

Master's degree or MBA

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

QuickSight

Excel

Word

Job description

- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- 5+ years of supply chain experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

Our overall mission is simple: we want Amazon to be the place where our customers can find, discover, and buy anything online. Whatever our customers want, we will find the means to deliver it. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds and implement innovation. This is your chance to make history.

The AMET GPO EF team is looking for a Category Manager with a strong delivery record and proven project management experience to own strategic, tactical, and cross-functional sourcing programs in external 3PL procurement.

Job Description:

The ideal candidate will be an analytical leader with procurement experience in complex, international, or technical environments. The individual needs strong communication skills and the experience to influence and support cross-functional stakeholder groups across all levels of the organization. The ideal candidate takes initiative and demonstrates ownership in driving business goals, while being agile to manage change in a rapidly growing division. Key leadership traits required include the ability to influence and form strong partnerships with business leaders, and operational excellence in managing multiple complex and competing priorities simultaneously. The ideal candidate must have strong written skills and should be able to review large sets of documents with ease. The candidate must have excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, and QuickSight.

Responsibilities include:

1. Drive appropriate commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving the lowest total cost of ownership that meets the business goals supported by a culture of continuous improvement with cost & performance benchmarks in use.
2. Create and execute strategic sourcing projects that support the development of an end-to-end sourcing plan regionally. Lead sourcing engagements and competitive bidding (RFI, RFQ, RFP). Achieve cost savings through bidding and commercial negotiations.
3. Develop negotiation strategies to deliver against business objectives and establish sustainable relationships with strategic suppliers related to Amazon Operations.
4. Set up the structure and process required for operations procurement.
5. Influence suppliers' processes, technology decisions, and policies in mutually beneficial and sustainable ways by leveraging Amazon's spend growth.
6. Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions.
7. Analyze and identify cost reduction opportunities by leveraging volumes, optimizing the supplier base, and reducing total cost of ownership.
8. Analyze and understand data to create accurate forecasts.
9. Adapt to a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
10. Collaborate with our team and business partners for creation and continuous improvement.
11. Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to forecasting, delivery, quality, and cost.
12. Facilitate business reviews to discuss best practices and issues, ultimately improving supplier performance and strengthening business partnerships across MENAT and globally.
13. Utilize sound judgment and excellent written/verbal communication skills. Ability to extract insights from data and communicate clearly with appropriate triggers and actions.

Desired Candidate Profile

- 2+ years of experience in driving process improvements
- Master's degree or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design, or related fields

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