Category Manager, Australia Procurement Operations
Amazon
Sydney
3 days ago
Category Manager, Australia Procurement Operations
Amazon seeks a Category Manager for Australia Procurement Operations to develop sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, and deliver cost savings. The role requires experience in supply chain, program management, and data analysis.
On-site
Full-time
Senior
Excel
VBA
Salary
Not specified
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
ExcelVBApivot tablesarray functionspower pivotsTableau
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder managementproject management
Key Responsibilities
- Establish category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing teams, negotiate with suppliers and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position.
- Drive appropriate relationships with category suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving the optimal solution and cost of ownership that meets the business’ goals supported by a culture of continuous improvement with performance benchmarks in use.
- Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor and optimize opportunities.
- Act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories; anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed.
- Drive category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance and add value to Amazon.
- Identify, achieve and report on savings and sustainability value targets for category sourcing activities.
- Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category.
- Build the category metrics model based on input from the category team to track and monitor performance to the category strategy; measure actual vs planned savings and advise team of trends, escalate issues and own action plans
Category ManagerProcurementOperationsSupply ChainAustraliaAmazonFull-timeOn-site