Amazon.com Services LLC
Procurement, Supply Chain Management, fulfillment ops
CategoryManager,GlobalProcurementOrganization(GPO)
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“Category Manager, Global Procurement Organization (GPO) at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Category management, Strategic sourcing, Vendor management. Engage with Megatron team. Provide solutions by Direct-Sourcing”
What You'll Achieve.
Achieve shorter leadtimes; Achieve lower cost; Achieve increased flexibility; Achieve increased capacity; Optimize competitive position; Reduce cost; Compress project lifecycles; Advance solution quality; Improve capital efficiencies; Achieve continuous cost improvement targets
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years strategic sourcing, 3+ years category management, 3+ years supply chain experience, 3+ years forecasting experience, 3+ years manufacturing experience, 3+ years sourcing experience, 3+ years procurement experience, 3+ years vendor management experience, Bachelor's degree, Advanced Excel knowledge, Advanced SQL knowledge, Experience defining program requirements, Use data and metrics for improvements
Nice to Have
3+ years end to end delivery, Communicate results to senior leadership, 3+ years driving process improvements, Experience stakeholder management, Experience building processes, Experience project management, Experience building schedules
What You'll Do.
Engage with Megatron team
Provide solutions by Direct-Sourcing
Achieve shorter leadtimes
Achieve increased flexibility
Achieve increased capacity
Lead cross-functional sourcing events
Negotiate with suppliers
Develop category sourcing strategies
Implement category sourcing strategies
Develop strategic relationships with suppliers
Manage strategic relationships with business partners
Compress project lifecycles
Advance solution quality
Improve capital efficiencies
Facilitate supplier understanding of Amazon policies
Facilitate supplier understanding of equipment design standards
Facilitate supplier understanding of budget targets
Facilitate supplier understanding of cost targets
Facilitate supplier understanding of service expectations
Facilitate supplier understanding of quality expectations
Drive supplier continuous improvement
Drive supplier development program
Support global supplier selection processes
Support global supplier development processes
Support managed expansion of global supplier base
Manage global supplier metrics
Manage global supplier data reporting
Lead special projects
Improve performance of strategic suppliers
Improve project implementation results
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Business partners
Process & Methodology
Project management
Full Job Description
Global MHE procurement components team secures the supplier technology, solutions, and capacity required to deliver the highly automated FC technology road-map. Our team also directs the global MHE components acquisition and supplier development for One-MHS, customer fulfillment (GCF), specialty fulfillment (GSF), and transportation (ATS) operations. These solutions require continuous engineering development, emerging and disruptive technology innovations and long-term supplier partnerships. We are filling a key role on our global components sourcing team, which will be exclusively supporting the Megatron program and driving Direct-Sourcing in an effort to pull-in 2027/2028 programs to build up peak capacity in our First-Mile network. Key job responsibilities • Engage with the Megatron team as the Single-Threaded Lead from the Components team to provide the solutions by Direct-Sourcing from OEMs, achieving shorter leadtimes, lower cost, and increased flexibility and capacity compared to traditional turnkey MHE solutions provided by MHE Integrators. • Lead cross-functional sourcing events, negotiate with suppliers, and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position for the procured equipment necessary to deliver the goals of Megatron • Develop and implement category sourcing strategies for equipment & components that form the overall MHE system or sub-systems • Develop and manage strong strategic relationships with our key suppliers and business partners to reduce cost, compress project lifecycles, advance solution quality and improve capital efficiencies. • Facilitate suppliers’ understanding of Amazon global policies, equipment design standards, budget and cost targets, and service and quality expectations • Drive suppliers’ continuous improvement and development program in support of quality, delivery and cost performance metrics. • Support common global supplier selection processes, global supplier development processes, and continued managed expansi
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