Overview
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We’re the people who keep the cloud running, supporting data centers, servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling to ensure continual access to innovation. We work on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and are 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 teams across AWS to deliver high standards for safety and security while providing capacity at low cost. The culture welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. AWS is a dynamic, growing business unit providing a broad set of infrastructure services including computing power, storage, networking and databases available on demand.
Amazon is seeking a motivated and data-driven Category Manager to support the EMEA data center operations space. The candidate should have strong supply chain and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities, and a hands-on passion to dive deep into processes used in our data center operations network. The candidate must have proven skills in managing large-scale supply chain and procurement improvement projects.
As a Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for at least one services category and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to drive efficiencies, reduce risks, and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. You will drive results through competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category. The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, communicates appropriately, and influences customers and suppliers at all levels.
You will be collaborative but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful, you will be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; demonstrate curiosity and learning drive; have urgency to meet customer timelines; succeed in a fast-paced environment; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgment. It is critical to embrace Amazon’s Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit.
Key job responsibilities
* A Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate
* Proven experience driving large-scale process improvements resulting in measurable value
* Project management experience with cross-functional initiatives
* High attention to detail including the proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
* Ability to think strategically and execute methodically
* Demonstrated ability to influence teams to adopt change utilizing smart technologies
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where ambiguity exists and continuous innovation is desired
* Committed to learning and expanding professional and technical knowledge
* Demonstrated analytical, financial and quantitative skills and ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases
* Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager / owner mentality
* Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding the product, our business, and the competitive landscape
* Ability to see ahead comprehensively and devise a strong plan of action, and ensure execution happens on time
* Ability to get things done and produce conclusive, measurable results within time commitments
* Strong influencing skills
Day in the life / Team context
As a team we manage all procurement activities with our Data Center cabling vendors. We are the point of escalation for issues such as on-time delivery, security, health and safety and access. We work as a global organization to ensure standardization on all processes and deliverables.
About The Team
Diverse Experiences: AWS values diverse experiences. If you do not meet all qualifications, we encourage you to apply. If your career path is nontraditional, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS? AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and continue to innovate. The Infrastructure team provides AWS and Amazon.com with compute, network, and data center capacity that underpins our retail and cloud businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture: AWS promotes inclusion through affinity groups and ongoing events and learning experiences. Mentorship and Career Growth: We strive to raise the performance bar with knowledge-sharing and career development resources. Work/Life Balance: We value work-life harmony and flexibility.
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or related technical field
* Experience in procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations
* Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, and operational/financial analysis
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience in program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process
* Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and recruit based on experience and skills. Our Privacy Notice explains how we collect and use data about candidates. We may provide accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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