Senior Procurement Category Manager Logistics

4 weeks ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates Amazon Full time
  • Work closely with leadership to develop long-term strategic plans to maximize value for Amazon
  • Standardize logistics processes, operational tools, operating standards, and supplier management activities.
  • Create, manage and communicate RFX documents for logistics requirements, leading the tender process through to techno-commercial evaluation, post tender negotiation, contracting, purchase order and delivery.
  • Drive logistics sourcing strategies for the spend under management while strengthening strategic relationships with preferred vendors delivering scalable and sustainable results against business goals supported by a culture of continuous improvement and performance benchmarks
  • Act as a spend category market intelligence provider to anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed
  • Drive the performance of category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance and add value to Amazon
  • Analyze historic spend data to support budget pricing calculations, rate cards and catalogue adoption and spend/sourcing strategies.
  • Strong negotiation skills and a track record of earning stakeholder trust, taking ownership and delivering results
  • Manage a number of projects simultaneously, across various stakeholders and spend categories while being able to manage priorities effectively to support and achieve on time delivery of requirements and site launch dates.
  • Candidate must be able to travel up to 20%

Key job responsibilities

  • Earn the trust of key stakeholders to drive alignment and improvements with the business
  • Create a logistics strategy in conjunction with internal customers to ensure there is a comprehensive, unified approach for the category.
  • Achieve yearly cost saving or value targets appropriate to the category aligned with annual budget processes.
  • Define and report on key metrics that measure effectiveness of projects, initiatives and cost savings
  • Champion standards and process improvements

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Dubai, ARE

Basic Qualifications

  • 8+ years of program or project management experience
  • 8+ years of supply chain experience
  • Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
  • Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
  • 8+ years of driving process improvements experience


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