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DESCRIPTION

We make sure Amazon gets value for money every time it buys non-inventory goods and services for its Fulfilment Centres (FCs) and corporate business. It’s a fast-paced operation that supports growth and change, works with key departments like Design & Construction, legal and Finance and is driven by Key Performance Indicators. We work as part of teams, meeting regularly to cement our relationships and approach.
The Procurement Senior Category Manager identifies and leads specific category activities across all Business Units and European countries to lower overall cost and ensuring Construction Services are available to meet business requirements. The Senior Category Manager develops and negotiates framework agreements to reduce risk, supporting local teams in project specific needs relevant to category. The person in this role will partner at all levels of the organization, make data driven decisions, and apply good judgement to manage escalations, competing priorities, and deliverables.


Key job responsibilities
- Define, lead and execute category sourcing strategies across different Business Units and countries
- Ensure reliable professional services are available for the Construction projects, interacting with suppliers and negotiating the most favorable Service Level agreements
- Leading and/or supporting strategic, sustainability projects, facilitating innovations, sourcing new specification and facilitating diverse and inclusive vendors in a competitive market
- Understand the technical requirements of our partners and work closely with the stakeholder teams to guide the direction of procurement activities
- Drive category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to improve performance and add value to Amazon operations
- Act as a market intelligence turntable regarding categories, anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed
- Clearly communicate progress of all activities, their status and track actions
- Execute strategic business objectives while working with key internal stakeholders to improve GPO with the latest internal and external information


A day in the life
You will lead end to end procurement process and activities for construction professional services throughout Europe. You will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders, some of the internal stakeholder include operations, finance, legal, design and engineering, launch and expansion, and safety.
You will produce best in class category procurement strategies and present to leadership for approval and lead implementation across Europe, with potential to scale it up globally. You will work on continuous improvement improve efficiency
You will lead projects to create mechanisms to improve current process and come up with innovative solutions to the complex issues.


About the team
Our team partners closely with Design & Construction, Engineering and Operations teams and support functions to identify, design and develop best-in-class category procurement strategy and procurement process to deliver operational excellency, providing additional revenue to the business through innovation and reducing total costs of ownerships within Amazon supply chain.