Category Manager: 3PL Analytics & Revenue Recovery

Amazon; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,800 - 128,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

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Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Category Manager in Houston to lead data-driven procurement for its NA 3PL network. You will turn analytics into actionable insights, recover revenue, and build systems that measure supplier performance.

You will collaborate with Operations, Finance, and Category Managers to drive savings, support sourcing events, and design scorecards, cost models, and reports for executive decision making.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience.
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience.
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL.
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain procurement analytics that power portfolio‑level decision‑making — cost benchmarking, spend tracking, supplier comparison models, and forecasting tools used by leadership.
• Own claims and rebates recovery across the NA 3PL portfolio — identifying contractual entitlements, building claim packages, tracking aging, and driving resolution to recover revenue owed to Amazon.
• Develop supplier performance measurement systems — designing scorecards, tracking KPIs (76 metrics across 7 categories), and producing quarterly performance reports that inform volume allocation and contract decisions.
• Create and maintain cost models that normalize performance across building types, geographies, and suppliers — enabling apples‑to‑apples comparison for sourcing decisions.
• Support sourcing events by preparing data packages, market analysis, and benchmark comparisons for RFI/RFQ/RFP processes.
• Automate and scale reporting — replacing manual processes with repeatable mechanisms using Excel, SQL, QuickSight, Power BI, or AI‑assisted tools.
• Partner cross‑functionally with Operations, Finance, and Category Managers to ensure data accuracy, flag anomalies, and surface insights that drive action.
• Track and report on savings delivery — validating actuals against committed savings targets and producing variance analysis for leadership reviews.

Skills

Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP)

SQL

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Procurement analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Category Manager in Houston to lead data-driven procurement for its NA 3PL network. You will turn analytics into actionable insights, recover revenue, and build systems that measure supplier performance.

You will collaborate with Operations, Finance, and Category Managers to drive savings, support sourcing events, and design scorecards, cost models, and reports for executive decision making.