Sr. Procurement Category Manager, Data Center Sourcing and Procurement (DCSP)

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

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.

The Infrastructure team provides AWS and Amazon.com with the compute, network and datacenter capacity that are the foundations of the retail and cloud business. We are seeking a Procurement professional to support the APAC data center procurement space in India.

As a Sr. Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for the complex construction procurement and related categories and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce risks and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. Additionally, you will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category. You will also create global Procurement processes and tools to drive innovation across teams.

Key job responsibilities

Manage General Contractor and Construction Procurement category Strategy and Delivery for India

Construction material supply chain sourcing and program management

Achieve cost savings through negotiations, value engineering through the supply chain, and strategic initiatives

Analyze category data and metrics to establish and implement procurement category strategies

Understand trends in customers’ needs and concerns across categories and regions to influence customers’ priorities

Provide in-depth knowledge about the supply market and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically, to the business.

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 management of contracts post-execution

Some travel may be required, up to 25%.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

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Work/Life Balance

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Basic qualifications

- 2+ years of program, project or product management, or leading product implementation experience

- 6+ years of related industry experience

- 8+ years of data analysis using tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent experience

- 8+ years of high volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments experience

- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field

- Experience in data analysis using tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent

- Experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments

- Experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma methodologies

- Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company

- Experience in program, project or product management, or leading product implementation

Preferred qualifications

- Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field

- Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies

- Experience in negotiations with global suppliers with a proven track record in cost reduction

- Experience in procurement practices working with engineering, supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners

- Experience practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, or equivalent)

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