Amazon · 3 weeks ago
Global Category Manager, Indirect Procurement, Amazon Leo
Amazon is a leading company in low Earth orbit satellite networks aiming to provide reliable internet connectivity. The Global Category Manager for Indirect Procurement will lead sourcing strategies, negotiate agreements, and manage supplier performance to support business and engineering stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, legal, program management, and supply chain to negotiate a variety of agreements and contracts including term sheets, Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDAs), Statement of Work (SOWs), development agreements, purchase agreements, and others
Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify opportunities to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit industry developments that benefit Amazon’s customers
Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations
Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable supply
Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
Effectively lead cross-functional meetings with clear document writing, agenda creation, note capture and follow-up activity coordination
Identify Indirect procurement requests issues and collaborate with partners to proactively drive improvements
Qualification
Required
5+ years of program or project management experience
5+ years of negotiations/cost savings, supplier excellence, and risk mitigation experience
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
5+ years of driving process improvements experience
Preferred
2+ years of driving process improvements experience
Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
3+ years of change management experience
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
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