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You will need to login before you can apply for a job. DESCRIPTIONAmazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS' Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement organization works to deliver cutting-edge 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. Come join our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the largest cloud services company on Earth!We are seeking a Procurement professional to support the EMEA data center operations space.As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for at least one complex services 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. You will also create global Procurement processes and tools to drive innovation across teams.The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, and communicates appropriately and influences customers and suppliers at all levels. You must be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you must be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines; exhibit an intense curiosity and learning drive; succeed in a fast-paced environment; engage and influence key stakeholders; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. Also, you must have a demonstrated track record of managing multiple projects and driving them to completion to meet business objectives. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon's Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit with a "get it done" mentality.Key job responsibilities• Manage a category within the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) domains• Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations• Plan and execute effective negotiation strategies with vendors.• Analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies• Understand trends in customers' needs and concerns, across categories and regions, to influence customers' priorities• Build strong relationship with customers and ensure customer satisfaction• Lead supplier selection process across multiple categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management• Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships• Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as management of contracts post-executionAbout the teamInclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.Work/Life BalanceOur team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.Mentorship & Career GrowthOur team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the futureKey job responsibilitiesBasic qualifications• 5+ years' experience in a Procurement organization.• Experience performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding.• 4+ years' experience developing category strategies and pricing models as a Project Manager who can prioritize workload and manage complex projects within cost and schedule.• Ability to communicate and report on market intelligence data, including commodity trends and labor indexes.• Experience in data centers, engineering, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company.• Experience developing market intelligence to communicate across the organization.• Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools.• Proven ability to implement category strategies globally.• Proven ability to deep dive and develop innovative ideas for process challenges.Preferred qualifications• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Procurement & Supply chain or relevant business discipline.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS5+ years' experience in a Procurement organization.• Experience performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding.• 4+ years' experience developing category strategies and pricing models as a Project Manager who can prioritize workload and manage complex projects within cost and schedule.• Ability to communicate and report on market intelligence data, including commodity trends and labor indexes.• Experience in data centers, engineering, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company.• Experience developing market intelligence to communicate across the organization.• Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools.• Proven ability to implement category strategies globally.• Proven ability to deep dive and develop innovative ideas for process challenges.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSBachelor's Degree in Business, Procurement & Supply chain or relevant business discipline.Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations. 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