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Procurement Category Manager, Infrastructure Planning and Sourcing

Amazon· Procurement
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Hybrid (Sydney)A$0Full-timePosted yesterday

About the role

AWS ISCaP seeks a Procurement Category Manager to support Japan data center operations, leading sourcing strategies for MRO/EHS categories, driving cost savings, supplier performance, and global procurement process improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Services Sourcing for the assigned MRO/EHS categories.
  • Manage and coordinate all customer requirements within the region for category
  • Liaise with other category managers for delivery of Goods and Services.
  • Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations
  • Analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies
  • Understand trends in customers’ needs and concerns, across categories and region, to influence customers’ priorities
  • Lead supplier selection process across multiple categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term 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 (Manage the SRM process in the region)
  • 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 post-execution

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of supply chain management, production planning, capacity planning or manufacturing operations experience
  • Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, etc.
  • Experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma methodologies
  • Experience in high-volume operations or sourcing environments
  • Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams

Skills

Required:Sourcing strategySupplier relationship managementData analysisContracting

Benefits

  • Inclusive Team Culture with focus on diversity and leadership principles
  • Work/Life Balance with flexible hours
  • Mentorship & Career Growth through senior mentoring and code reviews
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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