Category Manager - Fluent German required, IPS Procurement Category ManagementAmazon 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.
The team is structured into three regions, each led by a regional manager, with each regional team composed of category managers with responsibility for the management of specific areas of spend within the region and a cohort of procurement specialists who support the category managers. The category management approach facilitates a strategic approach to procurement by facilitating in depth market analysis coupled with a cross functional approach to identify supplier and associated contracting options which are focused on meeting the particular needs of the business.
Key job responsibilities:
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.About the team:
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Minimum Qualifications:
5+ 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 Qualifications:
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