Senior Category Manager, GPO

Afaq Q Tech General Trading; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Category Manager in Riyadh to own strategic sourcing programs and manage supplier relationships. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of supply chain experience, strong analytical skills, and project management expertise. This role requires excellent communication and negotiation abilities to succeed in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• 5+ years of supply chain experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Drive commercial relationships with suppliers to achieve cost ownership.
• Lead sourcing engagements and competitive bidding.
• Analyze and determine cost reduction opportunities.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication

Negotiation

Data analysis

Education

Master’s degree or MBA

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Word

QuickSight

Job description

Overview

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 ability 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 go through a large set of documents with ease. The candidate must have excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, and QuickSight.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Create and execute strategic sourcing projects that will support the teams’ development of an end‑to‑end sourcing plan regionally. Lead sourcing engagements and competitive bidding (RFI, RFQ, and RFP). Achieve cost savings through projects including bidding and commercial negotiations.
• Develop negotiation strategies to deliver against business objectives and achieve sustainable relationships with strategic suppliers pertaining to Amazon Operations.
• Set up the structure and process required for operations procurement.
• Influence suppliers’ processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations by leveraging the growth of Amazon’s spend.
• Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross‑functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions.
• Analyze and determine cost reduction opportunities by leveraging volumes, optimizing the supplier base and reducing total cost of ownership.
• Analyze and understand data to create accurate forecasting.
• Adapt to a fast‑paced, constantly changing environment.
• Work with our team and business partners for the creation and continuous improvement.
• Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to forecasting, delivery, quality, and cost.
• Facilitate business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships across MENAT and globally.
• Keys to success in this role include sound judgment and excellent written/verbal communication skills. The candidate should be able to extract insights from data and be able to communicate clearly appropriate triggers and actions.

Key Requirements

• 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.
• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience.
• Master’s degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design, or related field.

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