Amazon.com Services LLC

Procurement, Supply Chain Management, fulfillment ops

CategoryManager,GlobalProcurementOrganization(GPO)

$86–129k Houston, Texas, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“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.

Procurement, Supply Chain Management, fulfillment ops

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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