Sr Procurement Manager - Data Center Modularization, Data Center Sourcing and Procurement
Role Overview
AWS Infrastructure Services designs, plans, delivers, and operates global cloud infrastructure, including data centers and their equipment.
The category manager supports the Americas data center build-out, with a focus on construction procurement and modularization.
The role requires supply-chain and procurement expertise, analytical and financial acumen, and experience managing large-scale improvements.
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Role overview
AWS Infrastructure Services designs, plans, delivers, and operates global cloud infrastructure, including data centers and their equipment.
The category manager supports the Americas data center build-out, with a focus on construction procurement and modularization.
The role requires supply-chain and procurement expertise, analytical and financial acumen, and experience managing large-scale improvements.
Responsibilities
- Create and implement sourcing strategies for data center modularization and at least one construction category.
- Partner with internal teams and suppliers to improve efficiency and reduce costs and risks.
- Develop mechanisms and metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery.
- Use competitive bidding, negotiations, data analysis, and market trends to drive category results.
- Manage large-scale procurement and supply-chain improvement projects and demonstrate measurable value.
- Influence stakeholders, manage competing initiatives, and ensure plans and customer timelines are delivered.
Basic qualifications
- 2+ years of program, project, or product management, or leading product implementation experience; 6+ years of related industry experience.
- 8+ years of data analysis with Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent.
- 8+ years of high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with continuous improvement and Six Sigma methodologies.
- Experience in global supply-chain management and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company.
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred.
- Data center or related technology company experience, global supplier negotiations, and cost-reduction results are preferred.
- Procurement experience with engineering, supply chain, and Tier 1 OEM partners is preferred.
- Experience with category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auctions, or contracting is preferred.
Compensation
- Annual base salary range is $147,900–$200,100 USD for the Seattle, Austin, and Herndon locations listed in the description; total compensation may include sign-on payments and restricted stock units.
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