Global Category Manager, Data Center Procurement & Strategy

Amazon Data Services, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior Global Category Manager to lead a worldwide procurement team focused on data center goods and services, including maintenance, security, and environmental health and safety services. You will craft scalable category strategies, build strong supplier partnerships, and drive measurable results across regions.

The role requires leading a global team, partnering with internal automation groups to optimize processes, and delivering continued procurement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent.
• Experience in strategic thinking about business, enterprise software products, and new technology platforms and architectures or equivalent.
• Experience negotiating VP-level contracts with channel partners and agencies.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Product Management, Customer Service, Operations, Legal, Finance, and Senior Leadership.
• 12+ years of managing and developing high performance teams experience

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team to develop and execute regional and global category strategies for AWS data center procurement.
• Build and strengthen supplier qualification programs and mitigate supply-base risk.
• Partner with internal automation teams to optimize procurement processes across tools and systems.
• Establish regular business reviews with regional leadership to align procurement priorities with operations.
• Define and track performance metrics to drive continuous process improvement across procurement operations.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Vendor negotiation

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior Global Category Manager to lead a worldwide procurement team focused on data center goods and services, including maintenance, security, and environmental health and safety services. You will craft scalable category strategies, build strong supplier partnerships, and drive measurable results across regions.

The role requires leading a global team, partnering with internal automation groups to optimize processes, and delivering continued procurement