Amazon Procurement Category Manager - Water Infrastructure 

Singapore 

928943204

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 Energy and Water Infrastructure 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
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:• Manage the Water Infrastructure categories within the CAPEX domain across APJC
• Ensure on-time execution of RFPs/tenders across multiple countries from supplier on-boarding, RFx initiation, pre-tender briefings, post-tender interviews and clarifications, proposal evaluations, negotiations, supplier selection till contract award
• Achieve cost savings through bidding, negotiations and strategic initiatives
• Understand customer requirements and analyze category data to establish and implement robust regional procurement category strategies that deliver value to the business
• 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 (<30%)
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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 GrowthWe’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 Electrical/Mechanical/Civil/Environmental Engineering, Construction Management, Contract/Cost Management or Business Administration from an accredited university
• 5+ years’ of relevant experience in an international Procurement organization performing regional category management, contract negotiation and bidding, with 3+ years managing CAPEX categories
• Demonstrated ability to create and implement category strategies, develop pricing models, to influence and execute across all levels of an organization

• Master’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil/Environmental Engineering, Business, Procurement & Supply chain or relevant business discipline
• Industry experience in electric/water utilities, data center, energy, engineering or infrastructure service provider in a commercial/procurement role
• Ability to communicate and report on market intelligence data, including commodity trends and labor indexes
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload, work with multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple geographies to manage complex projects within cost and schedule to deliver results
• Experience with creating/improving Procurement processes, systems and tools