Procurement Category Manager, Data Center Sourcing and Procurement in Sydney

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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.

The Infrastructure team provides AWS and Amazon.com with the compute, network and datacenter capacity that are the foundations of the retail and cloud business. We are seeking a Procurement professional to support the APAC data center procurement space. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for the complex construction procurement and related categories and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce risks and costs for Amazon. You will develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery. Additionally, you will drive results through methods that include competitive bidding, negotiating, and analyzing data and market trends for your category. You will also create global Procurement processes and tools to drive innovation across teams.

Key job responsibilities:

• Manage Critical Projects (Retrofit, Remediation, Construction)
• Procurement category Strategy and Delivery
• Construction material supply chain sourcing and program management
• Achieve cost savings through negotiations, value engineering through the supply chain, and strategic initiatives
• Analyze category data and metrics to establish and implement procurement category strategies
• Understand trends in customer's needs and concerns across categories and regions to influence customers’ priorities
• Provide in-depth knowledge about the supply market and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically, to the business.
• 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 management of contracts post-execution
• Some travel may be required, up to 25%.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field
• Experience in a procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization, including coaching of junior staff
• Experience in construction procurement or quantity surveying or construction contracts management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies
• Experience in driving sustainability initiatives, Green Material Supply Chains and Global Programs

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