Job Title: Infrastructure Planning And Sourcing Category Manager
Overview:
The team responsible for the design, planning, delivery and operation of all Amazon Web Services global infrastructure is seeking a talented individual to join their diverse team. This includes software, hardware, network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
You will collaborate with people across AWS to help deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. You will experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
AWS' Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement organization works to deliver solutions to source, build, and maintain our socially responsible data center supply chains. We are a team of highly-motivated, engaged, and responsive professionals who enable the core sustainable infrastructure of AWS.
The IPS Procurement Category Management Org is responsible for the procurement of all third-party provided services required for the operation of our Data Center infrastructure globally, including Colo and Edge facilities for externally delivered services not provided by the facility owner.
Responsibilities:
* Manage a critical category within the Environment Health & Safety domain.
* Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations.
* Drive collaboration to achieve long-term value delivery.
* Obtain market intelligence and analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies.
* Lead supplier selection process across multiple sub-categories, internal teams, and regions.
* Create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management.
* Ensure knowledge about sustainability, diversity, in-country value, and develop category strategies to incorporate same.
Requirements:
Include a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience, 5+ years of experience in a Procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding experience with driving category strategies, developing pricing models, having influence across all levels of an organization, project management, prioritizing workload, managing complex projects within cost and schedule, drafting key contract terms for statement of works, contract amendments, and work orders, and Irish Citizenship to work on UK and Germany Government Cloud sites.
The ideal candidate thinks long-term, drives multiple initiatives, and communicates appropriately influencing internal partner teams and suppliers at all levels.