Global Power & Cooling Procurement Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 148,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a seasoned Procurement Manager to own the end-to-end global supply chain for Power & Cooling equipment in AWS data centers. You will develop supply strategies, de-risk constraints, and drive negotiations with suppliers to ensure cost efficiency and uninterrupted deployment of critical infrastructure.

Travel up to 10% is required. Qualifications include 6+ years in program or project management, a degree in a related field, and 4+ years in

Qualifications

• 6+ years of program, project, or product management experience.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years experience in electrical, mechanical, infrastructure or data center construction industries.
• 6+ years experience in supplier performance management in sourcing and/or supply chain with direct ownership of executive-level negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and manages supply chain and sourcing strategies on a global scale for critical tier-2+ sub-components that are needed for complex electrical and mechanical solutions that deliver power to data centers
• De-risk supply chain constraints through sustainable long-term strategies for critical tier-2+ sub-components
• Drive value-engineering initiatives to improve production output and cost
• Manage evolving product design from procurement perspective to manage cost, lead-time, capacity, and product transition program management
• Drive the strategic commercial negotiations with suppliers to ascertain capacity with lowest cost structure
• Develop and maintain supplier capacity modeling both from equipment and on-site commissioning support resourcing perspectives
• Understand demand inputs and position supply to support unconstrained growth at AWS scale in both the short-term and long-term horizons
• Engage with global supply chain counterparts to drive leading supply chain practices and initiatives
• Partner with engineering teams to drive successful new product deployments at scale
• Drive innovation through the supply chain and influence industry practices
• Develop analytical reports to deliver information to business partners and stakeholders that support improved decision making
• Manage supplier lead times and drive them to meet AWS business requirements
• Manage supplier performance and allocation of material to demands based on priority
• Be a subject matter expert for the customers, technologies, and markets in which you engage
• Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
• Identify and drive realization of opportunities for sustainable, scalable, relative advantage in your category
• Requires travel up to 10% of the year

Skills

Program management

Project management

Supplier performance management

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Electrical & mechanical

Procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in related field

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a seasoned Procurement Manager to own the end-to-end global supply chain for Power & Cooling equipment in AWS data centers. You will develop supply strategies, de-risk constraints, and drive negotiations with suppliers to ensure cost efficiency and uninterrupted deployment of critical infrastructure.

Travel up to 10% is required. Qualifications include 6+ years in program or project management, a degree in a related field, and 4+ years in