Data Center Construction Procurement Leader

Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd in Sydney is seeking a Procurement Category Manager to lead APAC data centre procurement strategies and supplier negotiations. You will develop sourcing strategies, drive cost savings, and manage complex contracts in a fast-paced cloud infrastructure environment.

You will partner with internal stakeholders and suppliers, create supplier scorecards, and lead business reviews while travelling up to 25% to support projects across regions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic sourcing with vendor negotiations and contract management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or related technical field.
• Experience in procurement org with vendor management, bidding, and contracting.
• Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams and coaching junior staff.
• Experience in construction procurement, quantity surveying, or contracts management.

Responsibilities

• Manage Critical Projects (Retrofit, Remediation, Construction) Procurement category Strategy and Delivery.
• Construction material supply chain sourcing and program management.
• Achieve cost savings through negotiations, value engineering through the supply chain, and strategic initiatives.
• Analyse category data and metrics to establish and implement procurement category strategies.
• Understand trends in customer’s 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, up to 25%.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Vendor negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Contract management

Construction procurement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, CS

Job description

Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd in Sydney is seeking a Procurement Category Manager to lead APAC data centre procurement strategies and supplier negotiations. You will develop sourcing strategies, drive cost savings, and manage complex contracts in a fast-paced cloud infrastructure environment.

You will partner with internal stakeholders and suppliers, create supplier scorecards, and lead business reviews while travelling up to 25% to support projects across regions.