Procurement Category Mgr CPI, EMEA Procurement Category Manager, CPI

3 weeks ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited Full time

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a dynamic, growing business unit within that provides a broad set of infrastructure services including computing power, storage options, networking and databases available on demand.

We are the leader in cloud computing and our pioneers are embracing innovation, building the future, and making history The Infrastructure team provides AWS and with the compute, network and data centre capacity that are the foundations of the retail and cloud business.

AWS is seeking a motivated and data-driven Procurement Category Manager to support the EMEA data centre Critical Projects Infrastructure (CPI) category.

CPI relates to smaller construction projects for room fitouts, upgrades, remediation works, mainly involving electrical and mechanical suppliers.

The candidate should have strong Building Construction and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities and a hands-on passion to dive-deep into construction procurement processes.

Additionally, the candidate must have proven skills in managing large-scale supply chain and procurement improvement projects.

As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for the Critical Projects Infrastructure (CPI) category and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce risks and costs for AWS.

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, analysing data and market trends for your category.

You will also create global Procurement processes and tools to drive innovation across teams.

The 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.

Also, you must have a demonstrated track record of managing multiple projects and driving them to completion to meet business objectives.

It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon's Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit with a "get it done" mentality.

Key job responsibilities

  • Manage a complex category within the Capex Construction/Project domain.
  • Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations.
  • Analyse 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 categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longerterm supplier selection strategies for management.
  • Ensure you are knowledgeable about the supply market and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically.
  • 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 postexecution.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Dublin, D, IRL

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 5+ years' experience in a Procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding.
  • Strong leader who can drive category strategies, develop pricing models, and has influence across all levels of an organization
  • Demonstrated ability as a Project Manager who can prioritize workload and manage complex projects within cost and schedule
  • Availability to travel up to 20%
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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