Senior Health & Safety Procurement Category Lead

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Senior Category Manager for the Global Health & Safety Procurement team in North America. The role will strategize sourcing for NACF, coordinate cross-functional projects, and drive supplier negotiations to optimize costs and value across the category.

Located in Houston, TX or Arlington, VA, the position requires 5+ years in program management and supply chain with strong data-driven decision making. Travel 10–20% domestically. Bachelor's degree required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• 5+ years of supply chain experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Establish category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing projects, negotiate with suppliers, and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position.
• Drive appropriate relationships with category suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving the optimal solution and cost of ownership that meets the business’ goals.
• Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor, and optimize opportunities.
• Act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories; anticipate strategic opportunities, and keep key stakeholders informed.
• Drive category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance, and add value to Amazon.
• Identify, achieve, and report on savings and value targets for category sourcing activities.
• Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category.
• Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions.
• Help develop long-term department strategies and influence the cross-company project development and delivery processes and standards.
• Develop value engineering procurement mechanism to reuse or recapitalize assets.
• Travel domestically 10-20% of the time.

Skills

Program management

Supply chain

Data-driven decisions

End-to-end delivery

Leadership communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Senior Category Manager for the Global Health & Safety Procurement team in North America. The role will strategize sourcing for NACF, coordinate cross-functional projects, and drive supplier negotiations to optimize costs and value across the category.

Located in Houston, TX or Arlington, VA, the position requires 5+ years in program management and supply chain with strong data-driven decision making. Travel 10–20% domestically. Bachelor's degree required.