Services Category Manager, Global Procurement Organization

Amazon Europe Core

Jobbeschreibung

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

The Category Procurement Manager within Amazon's Global Procurement Organization, supports the Services Category and is responsible for strategic procurement of programs across Amazons Fulfillment Network globally.

The Category Procurement Manager identifies and leads strategic category sourcing activities to lower overall total cost of ownership of Amazon's fulfillment operations network ensuring Services are available to meet business owner requirements. They develop and negotiate framework agreements to reduce risk, supporting local teams in project specific needs relevant to category. Successful candidates will be natural self-starters who are comfortable leading complex projects.

Job ID: 2771207 | Amazon EU Sarl


  • Establish sourcing strategies to operationalize and scale across a global network
  • Support, align, and partner with multiple teams to develop and execute sourcing strategies
  • Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and supplier to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions
  • Identify, achieve, and report on savings and value targets for category sourcing activities
  • Create and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to show performance and proactively identify risk
  • Act as Subject Matter Expert regarding your categories; anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed
  • Develop and maintain relationships with municipalities
  • Drive industry best practice that meets the business' goals supported by a culture of continuous improvement
  • Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance, and add value to Amazon
  • Create quality analysis on a day-to-day basis
  • Create buy-in for the vision with key internal partners

A day in the life

  • You will deliver market leading low-cost, innovative, and sustainable service solutions to help our Operations teams succeed and delight Amazon.com customers with value, selection and convenience. Additionally, you will undertake initiatives to ensure continuity of service supply.
  • You will collaborate to seek inputs and manage outputs from our external suppliers as well as internal cross-functional partners.
  • You may have to adapt and sometimes take different roles from strategy development to project management to rapidly meet customer needs.
  • You will focus on deep diving categories to unlock value and help deploy services at scale for Operations.

About the team
This role can be based in one of the below locations:
Luxembourg
Barcelona
London


  • Experience defining and executing program requirements
  • Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
  • Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
  • Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
  • Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
  • Experience in program or project management
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