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Category Manager, Procurement Category

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Nashville, TN, Houston, TX, Arlington, VA, Bellevue, WA$77.2k - $115.8kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Category Manager to lead the development and execution of capital sourcing strategies for material handling equipment (MHE) systems within Amazon’s Global Procurement Organization (GPO). Partners with internal stakeholders to drive procurement value, supplier management, and long-term strategy across MHE systems and critical components.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, with GPO Category leadership, the development and execution of MHE sourcing strategies for Amazon’s Customer Fulfillment, Transportation Services, Air, and/or Specialty Fulfillment network; support supplier development, supplier selection, proposal solicitation, review, negotiations, and expansion of the supplier base.
  • Develop and nurture strategic relationships with key suppliers and business partners to improve performance and meet business objectives.
  • Support multi-year strategic plans for material handling spend and supplier base development, focusing on capacity, cost, quality, delivery, and safety.
  • Facilitate suppliers’ understanding of Amazon policies, equipment design standards, budgets and cost targets, and service and quality expectations.
  • Develop and utilize improved metrics and data to drive decision-making, continuous improvement, and value engineering across the organization.

Qualifications

  • Experience leading large and complex negotiations
  • Experience in complex problem solving under tight schedules
  • 3+ years cross-functional collaboration with tech and non-tech teams
  • 3+ years defining and implementing data-driven process improvements
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Intermediate Excel skills (pivot tables, charts, vLOOKUP, data cleansing)
  • Strategic Sourcing and Category Management experience: end-to-end category strategies, global market dynamics, supply chain risk assessment, total cost of ownership optimization

Skills

Required:Category ManagementStrategic SourcingNegotiationData-Driven Decision MakingCross-Functional Collaboration

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance with optional supplemental life plans
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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