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You ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, and lowcost cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement organization works to deliver solutions to source, build and maintain our socially responsible data center supply chains. We are a team of highlymotivated, engaged, and responsive professionals who enable the core sustainable infrastructure of AWS. Come join our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the largest cloud services company on Earth! The IPS Procurement Category Management Org is responsible for the procurement of all third party provided services required for the operation of our Data Center infrastructure globally, including Colo and Edge facilities for externally delivered services not provided by the facility owner. The team is responsible for the identification, on boarding and performance management of suppliers as well as developing category strategies, conducting competitive tendering processes, supplier negotiations and the preparation of associated Work Orders. The team is structured into three regions, each led by a regional manager, with each regional team composed of category managers with responsibility for the management of specific areas of spend within the region and a cohort of procurement specialists who support the category managers. The category management approach facilitates a strategic approach to procurement by facilitating in depth market analysis coupled with a cross functional approach to identify supplier and associated contracting options which are focused on meeting the particular needs of the business. Category management moves beyond traditional transactional based purchasing negotiations to provide a strategic approach to longer term, sustainable cost reductions, reducing risk and increasing resiliency in the supply base and facilitating innovation from within the supply base that the business can leverage. While cost reduction will always be a key focus of the team, the principle cynosure of the team is the delivery of services that are keenly focused on increasing reliability and supporting enhanced availability through robust relationships which support continuity of operations. As service and quality levels can vary greatly, principally based on the skill set within a supplier local organization, the regional structure facilitates tailoring of category strategies to meet local market considerations and closely monitor supplier performance at the local level. The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, and communicates appropriately and influences customers and suppliers at all levels. You must be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you must be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines; exhibit curiosity and learning drive; succeed in a fastpaced environment; engage and influence key stakeholders; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. Also, you must have a demonstrated track record of managing multiple projects and driving them to completion to meet business objectives. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon s Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit with a get it done mentality. Manage a complex category within the Maintenance, Repair, and Operation (MRO) domains. Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations, drive collaboration to achieve long term value delivery. Obtain market intelligence, 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. Lead supplier selection process across multiple subcategories, internal teams, and regions, and create longerterm supplier selection strategies for management. Ensure you are knowledgeable about the supply market, new innovations and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically. Ensure you are knowledgeable about sustainability, diversity, incountry value and have experience developing category strategies to incorporate same. Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to delivery, quality, and cost. Create supplier scorecards to measure and track supplier performance. Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships. Innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Lifecycle. Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as SRM and management of contracts postexecution. Travel domestic and international as required. About the team . Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employeeled affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Mentorship & Career Growth We re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth s Best Employer. That s why you ll find endless knowledgesharing, mentorship and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there s nothing we can t achieve in the cloud. Bachelor s Degree from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience 8+ years in a Procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding, with driving category strategies, developing pricing models, and having influence across all levels of an organization Experience as a Project Manager who can prioritize workload and manage complex projects within cost and schedule. Proficient in MS Office and Visio. Master s degree in Business, Procurement & Supply chain or relevant business discipline Ability to Experience to communicate and report on market intelligence data, including commodity trends and labor indexes Experience in data centers, engineering, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools. Proven ability to Experience in implement category strategies globally and to deep dive and develop innovative ideas for process challenges
