Sr. Category Manager (Global Procurement Organization), Global Health & Safety Procurement Team

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Category Manager to join their Global Procurement Organization. This exciting role involves strategically sourcing products and services while collaborating with various teams to develop effective category sourcing strategies. You will negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal solutions and cost savings, ensuring continuity of supply and enhancing productivity. If you have a strong background in supply chain management and project management, and are passionate about driving improvements, this opportunity could be your chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in program or project management is essential.
• Strong background in supply chain and data-driven improvements.

Responsibilities

• Establish category sourcing strategies and lead sourcing projects.
• Negotiate with suppliers to optimize costs and performance.
• Manage supplier relationships and drive category improvements.

Skills

Project Management

Supply Chain Management

Data Analysis

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree or MBA

Job description

Sr. Category Manager (Global Procurement Organization), Global Health & Safety Procurement Team

Job ID: 2916562 | Amazon UK Services Ltd. - A10

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

We are seeking a Senior Category Manager to strategically source products and services World Wide Stores for the Global Procurement Organization (GPO) on the Global Health and Safety Procurement (GHSP) Team. The person in this role will coordinate with several teams across Amazon and will interact with our most important suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements. The person in this position will work and partner with multiple teams to develop and execute category sourcing strategies, deliver savings and improve productivity across the category.

Key job responsibilities:

1. Establish category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing projects, negotiate with suppliers, and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position.
2. Drive appropriate relationships with category suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving the optimal solution and cost of ownership that meets the business’ goals.
3. Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor, and optimize opportunities.
4. Act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories; anticipate strategic opportunities, and keep key stakeholders informed.
5. Drive category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance, and add value to Amazon.
6. Identify, achieve, and report on savings and value targets for category sourcing activities.
7. Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category.
8. Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions.
9. Help develop long-term department strategies and influence the cross-company project development and delivery processes and standards.
10. Travel domestically 10-20% of the time.

Key Performance Indicators:

1. Earn the trust of key stakeholders to drive alignment with the business.
2. Achieve yearly cost saving or value targets appropriate to the category aligned with annual budget processes.
3. Create a category strategy in conjunction with internal customers to ensure there is a comprehensive, unified approach for the category.
4. Ensure Continuity of Supply for all supplies to our internal and external customers.
5. Define and report on key metrics that measure effectiveness of supply and cost savings.
6. Champion one of the sourcing expertise.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in program or project management.
2. Experience in supply chain.
3. Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
4. Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field.
2. Experience leading process improvements.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.