Category Manager - Fluent German required, IPS Procurement Category ManagementJob ID: 2638588 | Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited
Amazon 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!
The IPS Procurement Category Management Org is responsible for the procurement of all third party provided services required for the operation of our Data Center infrastructure globally, including Colo and Edge facilities for externally delivered services not provided by the facility owner. The team is responsible for the identification, onboarding and performance management of suppliers as well as developing category strategies, conducting competitive tendering processes, supplier negotiations and the preparation of associated Work Orders.
While cost reduction will always be a key focus of the team, the principle cynosure of the team is the delivery of services that are keenly focused on increasing reliability and supporting enhanced availability through robust relationships which support continuity of operations. As service and quality levels can vary greatly, principally based on the skill set within a supplier local organization, the regional structure facilitates tailoring of category strategies to meet local market considerations and closely monitor supplier performance at the local level.
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we're looking for talented people who want to help.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Key job responsibilitiesThe 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.
Manage a complex category within the Maintenance, Repair, and Operation (MRO) domains.Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations, drive collaboration to achieve long term value delivery.Obtain market intelligence, 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.Lead supplier selection process across multiple sub-categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management.Ensure you are knowledgeable about the supply market, new innovations and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically.Ensure you are knowledgeable about sustainability, diversity, in-country value and have experience developing category strategies to incorporate same.Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to delivery, quality, and cost.Create supplier scorecards to measure and track supplier performance.Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships.Innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Lifecycle.Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as SRM and management of contracts post-execution.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS5+ years' experience in a Procurement organization performing strategy development, vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding M&E categories.Fluent English and German language skills required.Lead category strategies, develop pricing models, and influence across all levels of an organization with strong business judgement, instincts, and organizational skills.Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools and implementing category strategies globally.Some travel is required.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience in data centers, engineering, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company.Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.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.
Posted: September 13, 2024
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