Category Manager, Australia Procurement Operations (Sydney) …, New South Wales

We are seeking a Category Manager to support our Australia Customers for our APAC Customer Fulfillment network. The person in this role will coordinate with several teams across Amazon and will interact with our most significant suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements. Key Job 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 optimise 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, escalated issues and own action plans. A Day in the Life You will collaborate to seek inputs and manage outputs from our external suppliers as well as internal cross‑functional partners, and may have to adapt and sometimes take different roles from strategy development to project management to rapidly meet customer needs. You will focus on deep diving categories to unlock value and help deploy services at scale for Operations. Basic Qualifications
- Experience in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business, IT or any other procurement related career.
- 2+ years of Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualisation tools such as Tableau experience.
- Experience in program or project management.
- Experience working cross‑functionally with tech and non‑tech teams.
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics.
- 1+ years of supply chain experience.
- 2+ years of defining and executing against program timeline & requirements experience.
- Experience in English‑language communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Preferred Qualifications
- 1+ years of driving end‑to‑end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
- Experience leading process improvements.
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organisation.
- Experience in project management including resource planning, managing schedules, reporting project status and prioritising tasks. Amazon is an equal prospect employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. We are committed to providing adaptive accommodations for applicants with disabilities during the hiring process. Company: Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3r8711