Procurement Category Manager

Amazon; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised health insurance

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Amazon in Sydney is seeking a senior procurement professional to design and implement sourcing strategies across APAC, collaborating with internal partners and suppliers to deliver cost savings and risk reduction. You will lead end-to-end RFPs, manage multiple indirect categories (Marketing, Professional Services, HR, Security, facilities), and build metrics to track supplier performance.

The role demands strong leadership, curious mindset, and ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing regional procurement category strategies.
• Proven ability to manage multiple indirect categories across regions.
• Skilled in RFPs, tender processes, and supplier negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Develop regional procurement category strategies to deliver business value.
• Manage indirect categories (Marketing, Professional Services, HR, Security, FM) in APAC.
• Lead end-to-end RFPs, supplier onboarding, negotiations, and selection.
• Provide market and supplier capability insights to the business.
• Develop metrics to track supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost).
• Lead business reviews to improve supplier performance.
• Innovate procurement tools and processes to support lifecycle.
• Advise stakeholders and manage supplier relationships including disputes.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Category strategy

Supplier management

Negotiation

RFPs

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.