Amazon Procurement Category Manager Controls - 

Singapore 

997874690

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.As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for the Controls category 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.Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities -
• Manage Controls procurement category within the CAPEX domain across the APJC region.
• 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
• Analyze category data and metrics to establish and implement Procurement category strategies
• Achieve cost savings through bidding, negotiations and strategic initiatives
• 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
• Travel of up to 25% may be required
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.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 knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Work/Life Balance

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Commerce, or Supply-Chain Management from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 6+ years of relevant experience in an international Procurement organization performing category management, contract negotiation and bidding on an international/regional level
• 2+ years of CAPEX/project procurement experience
• Experience in driving category strategies, develop pricing models, and has influence across all levels of an organization
• Experience as a Project Manager including prioritizing workloads and managing complex projects within cost and schedule

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Procurement & Supply chain or relevant business discipline.
• Experience to communicate and report on market intelligence data, including commodity trends and labor indexes
• Experience in driving strategies and analyzing market trends
• Experience in data centers, engineering, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company
• Developing market intelligence to communicate across the organization
• Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools
• Experience with implement category strategies, deep dive, and develop innovative ideas for process improvements