Senior Category Manager, Power and Utilities, Global Procurement Organization; GPO

We are the Global Procurement Organization, and we're building the team that will define how one of the world's largest companies generates, stores, and consumes clean energy. We're looking for a senior procurement leader and people manager to lead our Renewables, Storage, and Mobility portfolio spanning solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen across North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a high performing team of category managers across fast evolving pillars globally:

• Lead a team of six category managers each owning complex, high growth categories including solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen fuel solutions
• Own a portfolio of some of the most strategically important procurement categories in the company
• Shape the clean energy transition from rooftop solar panels to hydrogen refueling stations, your team will deploy the infrastructure that powers last mile delivery, fulfillment, and transportation
• Build the playbook for emerging categories battery storage, wind energy, and hydrogen are scaling rapidly and you'll set the strategy for how we source and deploy them globally
• Turn energy into a revenue stream lead your team in piloting virtual power plants, energy arbitrage, and grid services programs that transform deployed assets from cost centers into profit generators

If you're a people leader who thrives on coaching high performers, setting strategic direction across complex global categories, and driving measurable environmental and financial impact, this is the role.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team category managers across solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen, setting clear goals and enabling career growth
• Define and drive the multi year sourcing strategy across multiple sub categories and four global regions, aligning procurement execution with business, sustainability, and financial objectives
• Oversee portfolio based tenders, supplier consolidation, and contract negotiations across capital purchase, power purchase agreement, and operating lease structures
• Build and present business cases and financial models to senior leadership, translating technical complexity into clear investment recommendations
• Drive revenue generation initiatives including virtual power plants, energy export, and grid services programs to transform the portfolio from cost center to profit center
• Own the supplier ecosystem strategy, reducing the vendor base while increasing multi region capable partners and maintaining competitive tension
• Lead category consolidation efforts, bringing fragmented procurement activities under unified management to unlock savings and improve speed
• Monitor global market dynamics including regulatory shifts, supply chain constraints, and technology evolution to proactively adjust sourcing strategies
• Partner cross functionally with engineering, legal, finance, sustainability, and construction to ensure alignment and execution across all regions

A day in the life

You’ll join the Power and Utilities team within Amazon's Global…