Data Center Procurement Leader — Construction & Strategy

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources Private Limited (Singapore) is seeking a Procurement Category Manager to lead the General Contractor and Construction Procurement space for APAC data center projects. You will develop sourcing strategies, drive cost savings, and manage supplier performance across regions.

You will collaborate with internal partners to reduce risks and costs, implement competitive bidding, and analyze market trends to inform category directions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience

Responsibilities

• Manage General Contractor and 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
• Analyze category data and metrics to establish and implement procurement category strategies
• Understand trends in customers' 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

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Vendor negotiations

Global contract management

Process improvement

Operational analysis

Financial analysis

Education

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

Job description

Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources Private Limited (Singapore) is seeking a Procurement Category Manager to lead the General Contractor and Construction Procurement space for APAC data center projects. You will develop sourcing strategies, drive cost savings, and manage supplier performance across regions.

You will collaborate with internal partners to reduce risks and costs, implement competitive bidding, and analyze market trends to inform category directions.