Amazon Regional Manager Professional Services Procurement 

Singapore 

373262952

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.Key job responsibilities
• Build, lead and develop a diverse regional team to ensure the timely procurement of professional services at the highest quality and most competitive cost
• Set the strategic direction for your team including annual goals and objectives covering on-time delivery, quality, cost, safety, security, and sustainability
• Drive your team to establish and implement robust procurement strategies for their respective categories that are fully aligned with business objectives
• Hold your team accountable as they deliver against their respective strategies
• Serve as a key procurement business partner and central point of escalation, working directly with suppliers and internal stakeholders to remove blockers and to deliver results for the business
• Lead negotiations with selected partners to establish strategic frameworks that help scale the business efficiently
• Establish and drive a culture of continuous improvement in your team, always trying to identify and realize opportunities that increase the value proposition of our suppliers to the business
• Develop, monitor, and report on internal metrics, goals, and key performance indicators to procurement stakeholders and senior management
• Manage the performance of external vendors that are part of your portfolio with a view to continuously raise the quality and reliability of their delivery
• Monitor supplier compliance with controls and systems, and develop new processes to support the fast-growing, global AWS business
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

• BA/BS degree from an accredited university or equivalent professional experience
• 10+ years of relevant work experience in strategic procurement roles in a diverse and international environment
• 4+ years of experience managing professional services categories and managing a regional or global procurement team.
• Demonstrated understanding of contracts and experience negotiating complex agreements with suppliers of critical importance to the business.

• Master’s degree in business administration, commerce, procurement and supply-chain management or relevant discipline from an accredited university.
• Experience in data center CAPEX procurement
• Proven track record of establishing, developing and scaling high performing procurement teams in an international environment, specifically across jurisdictions in APJC