Overview
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a dynamic, growing business unit within Amazon.com that provides a broad set of infrastructure services including computing power, storage options, networking and databases available on demand. We are the leader in cloud computing and our pioneers are embracing innovation, building the future, and making history! The Infrastructure team provides AWS and Amazon.com with the compute, network and Data Center capacity that are the foundations of the retail and cloud business. We are seeking a Procurement qualified to support our Data Center Capex Services Procurement space as we deliver infrastructure capacity for our customers.
Responsibilities
- Manage at-least 2 complex consultancy procurement categories covering design engineering, concept to detailed engineering scope for APAC, within the Professional Services procurement team
- Achieve cost savings through standardization, bidding, negotiations and strategic initiatives/programs to unlock value.
- Understand customer requirements and analyze category data to establish and implement robust regional procurement category strategies that deliver value to the business
- Understand trends in customers’ needs and concerns across categories and regions to influence customers’ priorities, mentor team members.
- Provide in-depth knowledge about the supply market and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically, to the business.
- Develop mechanisms and design metrics to track supplier performance, SLA's related to delivery, quality, and cost
- 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
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant experience in an international Procurement organization performing category management, contract negotiation and bidding
- Creating and implementing category strategies, develop pricing models, and has influence across all levels of an organization
- Track record of delivering complex or large-scale projects across multiple teams and functions
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in Business, or relevant business discipline from an accredited university
- Experience in data centers, engineering, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company
- Ability to communicate and report on market intelligence data, including commodity trends and labor indexes
- Demonstrated success in driving strategies and analyzing market trends and developing market intelligence to communicate across the organization
- Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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