Senior Category Manager, Power and Utilities, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a senior procurement leader to guide the Renewables, Storage, and Mobility portfolio across North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. You will lead a team of category managers responsible for solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen fuel solutions, setting strategy and delivering impactful procurement programs across regions.

You will partner with engineering, legal, finance, and sustainability to drive multi-year sourcing, negotiate complex contracts, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cross-functional collaboration with tech and non-tech teams.
• 5+ years of team management experience.
• 5+ years of cross-functional project delivery experience.
• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations and global contract management.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of category managers across solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen.
• Define and drive multi-year sourcing strategy across regions and subcategories.
• Oversee portfolio tenders, supplier consolidation, and contract negotiations (CapEx, PPA, operating leases).
• Build business cases and financial models for senior leadership with clear investment guidance.
• Drive revenue initiatives including virtual power plants, energy export, and grid services.
• Own supplier ecosystem strategy to optimize partners and maintain competitive tension.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Team management

Strategic sourcing

Project delivery

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Description

We are the Global Procurement Organization, and we're building the team that will define how one of the world's largest companies generates, stores, and consumes clean energy. We're looking for a senior procurement leader and people manager to lead our Renewables, Storage, and Mobility portfolio spanning solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen across North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a high performing team of category managers across fast evolving pillars globally:

• Lead a team of six category managers each owning complex, high growth categories including solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen fuel solutions
• Own a portfolio of some of the most strategically important procurement categories in the company
• Shape the clean energy transition from rooftop solar panels to hydrogen refueling stations, your team will deploy the infrastructure that powers last mile delivery, fulfillment, and transportation
• Build the playbook for emerging categories battery storage, wind energy, and hydrogen are scaling rapidly and you'll set the strategy for how we source and deploy them globally
• Turn energy into a revenue stream lead your team in piloting virtual power plants, energy arbitrage, and grid services programs that transform deployed assets from cost centers into profit generators

If you're a people leader who thrives on coaching high performers, setting strategic direction across complex global categories, and driving measurable environmental and financial impact, this is the role.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team category managers across solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen, setting clear goals and enabling career growth
• Define and drive the multi year sourcing strategy across multiple sub categories and four global regions, aligning procurement execution with business, sustainability, and financial objectives
• Oversee portfolio based tenders, supplier consolidation, and contract negotiations across capital purchase, power purchase agreement, and operating lease structures
• Build and present business cases and financial models to senior leadership, translating technical complexity into clear investment recommendations
• Drive revenue generation initiatives including virtual power plants, energy export, and grid services programs to transform the portfolio from cost center to profit center
• Own the supplier ecosystem strategy, reducing the vendor base while increasing multi region capable partners and maintaining competitive tension
• Lead category consolidation efforts, bringing fragmented procurement activities under unified management to unlock savings and improve speed
• Monitor global market dynamics including regulatory shifts, supply chain constraints, and technology evolution to proactively adjust sourcing strategies
• Partner cross functionally with engineering, legal, finance, sustainability, and construction to ensure alignment and execution across all regions

A day in the life

1. Your morning might kick off with a one on one coaching a team member through a complex contract negotiation, followed by a leadership review where you present the portfolio's financial performance and strategic roadmap. After lunch, you're facilitating a cross regional sync aligning your European and North American leads on a consolidated tender approach.
2. Later, you're reviewing a business case from your hydrogen lead on a new refueling pilot, then closing the day with a supplier executive meeting to discuss long term capacity commitments. You're constantly balancing people development, strategic direction, and stakeholder engagement across time zones.

About The Team

You’ll join the Power and Utilities team within Amazon's Global Procurement Organization. We manage the full energy lifecycle for Amazon's worldwide operations across five areas: utilities supply and audits, power infrastructure, on site renewables and storage, EV charging infrastructure, and hydrogen mobility solutions. This role leads the renewables, storage, and mobility pillars, making it one of the most impactful positions on the team. We're a global team that is scaling fast and rewriting how large scale operations source, generate, and consume power.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
• 5+ years of team management experience
• 5+ years of cross functional project delivery experience
• 2+ years of supply chain experience
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership
• MBA, or 4+ years of solving problems with technology in the Energy & Utilities industries experience
• Direct experience in energy infrastructure, power systems, distributed energy, or onsite generation procurement (solar, generators, microgrids, BESS, fuel cells)
• Experience negotiating complex multi-year CapEx or Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS/PPA) agreements for infrastructure or equipment
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (interconnection processes, permitting, emissions compliance) and their impact on power infrastructure deployment timelines

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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Company

- Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10576080