Category Manager - Indirect Spend

Amazon Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised health insurance

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative and inclusive culture

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a procurement leader to develop regional category strategies, manage multiple indirect APAC categories, and drive value through competitive bidding, negotiations, and data analysis. You will influence senior stakeholders across teams to reduce risk and cost while innovating procurement processes.

The role emphasizes rapid RFP/tender execution, market insights, and rigorous supplier performance management within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills and interaction with senior stakeholders.
• Curiosity, attention to detail, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to think big while also diving deep in procurement.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer requirements and analyze category data to establish regional procurement strategies.
• Manage multiple indirect APAC categories including Marketing, Professional Services, HR, Security and FM.
• Ensure speedy execution of RFPs/tenders across multiple countries from onboarding to supplier selection.
• Provide knowledge about the supply market and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically.
• Develop metrics to track supplier performance related to delivery, quality and cost.
• Lead business reviews to improve supplier performance and partnerships.
• Innovate in procurement to automate/improve tools or processes.
• Provide commercial advice and manage supplier relationships, including issue resolution.

Skills

Leadership skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Negotiation

Job description

You will create and implement sourcing strategies for multiple categories, collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies that reduce risks and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery, and, you will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data to identify market trends for your categories.

This role will require strong leadership skills and interaction/influence with teams across Amazon to drive the improvement of procurement function. The ideal candidate will be curious, have strong attention to detail, be energized by a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, be comfortable thinking big while also diving deep, will have high level emotional intelligence and comfort managing senior stakeholders. Your goal is to develop and deliver innovative processes to create financial benefits through procurement. You will be a thought leader on procurement management, possess superior communication skills and thrive when building relationships with customers and suppliers.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Understand customer requirements and analyze category data to establish and implement robust regional procurement category strategies that deliver value to the business
• Manage multiple indirect categories for our APAC region that could include Marketing, Professional Services, HR, Security, FM (prior experience in managing marketing spend will be held in high regard)
• Ensure speedy execution of RFPs/tenders across multiple countries from supplier on-boarding, RFx initiation, pre-tender briefings, post-tender interviews and clarifications, proposal evaluations, negotiations and supplier selection
• 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
• Lead business reviews to discuss best practices 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 commercial and procurement advice to internal stakeholders and manage supplier relationships, including the resolution of issues and disputes.

About the team

Key coverage areas: Marketing, Professional Services, HR and Employee Services, Technology, Logistics, Real Estate and Facilities services.

Why Amazon

There are also a great range of benefits that make Amazon a great place to work, including:

Subsidised health insurance for employees and their dependents.

Opportunities for career growth across a global organisation.

A collaborative, inclusive culture that values learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Amazon has all kinds of jobs for all kinds of people and prides itself on hiring individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We celebrate diversity of leadership and thought as a key part of our mission to become the most customer-centric company in the world.