Strategic Sourcing Lead - InfraOps & MRO Procurement

Amazon Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Procurement Category Manager to create and execute sourcing strategies for at least one services category and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery.

You will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your

Qualifications

• 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience.
• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python
• Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company

Responsibilities

• Manage a category within Maintenance & Repair (MRO) domains.
• Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations.
• Plan and execute effective negotiation strategies with vendors.
• Analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies.
• Understand trends in customers' needs and concerns, across categories and regions, to influence customers' priorities.
• Build strong relationship with customers and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Lead supplier selection process across multiple categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management.
• Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships.
• Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as management of contracts post-execution

Skills

Advanced Excel

SQL

Tableau

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Business/Engineering/Finance or related field

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Procurement Category Manager to create and execute sourcing strategies for at least one services category and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery.

You will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your