Category Manager, Packaging, Global Procurement Operations (GPO)

at  Amazon EU SARL

Program or project management experience
Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
Ability to define and implement process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
Supply chain experience
Bachelor’s degree
Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
At Amazon, we’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. If you’d like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.
We are seeking a Category Manager to strategically source products and services for North America Customer Fulfillment (NACF) Procurement. The person in this role will coordinate with several teams across Amazon and will interact with our most important suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements. The position will work and partner with multiple teams to develop and execute category sourcing strategies, deliver savings and improve productivity across the category. You will work independently and with peers to generate high-quality work product in a collaborative, creative, ever-changing, and sometimes ambiguous environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Identify, develop and deliver long term sourcing strategies, lead key initiatives with cross-functional teams; drive the decision making process of the category roadmap with senior leadership
• Develop inventory strategies within a high volume product category
• Drive commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving optimal cost and performance
• Lead supplier performance management; including improving sustainability & social responsibility
• Coordinate and collaborate with global/local teams to deploy and manage the implementation of your defined strategies
• Influence suppliers’ roadmaps, design, processes, technology decisions and strategies
• Lead complex and cross-functional projects productivity, sustainability and innovations

About the team

• Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and the top line
• Grow in a fast-pace environment where every day is day one
• Surrounded by inspiring and diverse individuals
• Learn from people with a wide variety of professional backgrounds
• Opportunity to develop new skills and opportunities through lateral, geographical or functional moves

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Luxembourg, LUX
Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes, project management, and schedule
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• Identify, develop and deliver long term sourcing strategies, lead key initiatives with cross-functional teams; drive the decision making process of the category roadmap with senior leadership
• Develop inventory strategies within a high volume product category
• Drive commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving optimal cost and performance
• Lead supplier performance management; including improving sustainability & social responsibility
• Coordinate and collaborate with global/local teams to deploy and manage the implementation of your defined strategies
• Influence suppliers’ roadmaps, design, processes, technology decisions and strategies
• Lead complex and cross-functional projects productivity, sustainability and innovation