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Category Manager, Packaging, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

Amazon

Amazon

Operations
arabian ranches - dubai - united arab emirates
Posted on Jul 16, 2025

DESCRIPTION

Amazon's Global Procurement Organization tackles business challenges that help internal customers with innovative procurement strategies. We create value in the supply chain, strive for optimization, and act with one global voice and vision. The Category team owns the strategic relationships with suppliers & internal stakeholders. The team identifies & leads strategic sourcing activities to lower overall total cost of ownership for Amazon operations, ensuring equipment & service availability meet business owner requirements. The team develops & negotiates framework agreements to reduce risk & support local teams in project specific needs relevant to category.

This role in the packaging team will have broad responsibility to define the procurement strategy for key items in the packaging category, sourcing vendors and innovative tools and processes to support a large network of Amazon stakeholders across multiple business lines.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop and deliver long term sourcing strategies, lead key initiatives with cross-functional teams; drive the decision making process of the category roadmap with regional senior leadership
- Drive commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving optimal cost and performance
- Lead supplier performance management including improving sustainability & social responsibility
- Coordinate and collaborate with local teams to deploy and manage the implementation of your defined strategies

A day in the life
- Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and the top line
- Learn from people with a wide variety of professional backgrounds

About the team
The GPO packaging team provides critical materials and supply chain continuity across risk and business need, delivering best-in-class cost, quality, and sustainble solutions to operations worldwide.