Senior Category Manager, Global Procurement Organization (GPO

Description

The Global MHE Components team within Amazon’s Global Procurement Organization (GPO) secures the supplier technology, solutions, and capacity required to deliver the highly automated FC technology road-map. Our team also directs global MHE equipment and component acquisition and supplier development for customer fulfillment (GCF), specialty fulfillment (GSF), and transportation (ATS) operations. These solutions require continuous engineering development, emerging and disruptive technology innovations, and long-term supplier partnerships.

We are seeking an industry-proven and detail-oriented Senior Category Manager to fill a dual-scope role: (1) qualifying, developing, and managing key MHE component suppliers across Amazon’s fulfillment network, and (2) serving as the dedicated strategic sourcing execution partner for Ring’s Smart TDR installation program and PERCH program. This role sits within GPO’s MHE Components team and provides end-to-end procurement leadership across both traditional MHE sourcing and Ring’s emerging device deployment programs.

The successful candidate is a natural self-starter with prior experience in the integrated automation project life cycle, contract manufacturing, and system supplier and/or technology sourcing. They must be agile with the ability to quickly adapt strategies, plans, and solutions in response to dynamic business requirements. They must also be comfortable interfacing with and driving cross-functional teams across both GPO and Ring organizations at all levels of the organization.

Open minds, customer focus, innovation empowerment, advanced technologies, team-first mindset, and individual drive enable our Global Components team to deliver the most advanced fulfillment solutions in the world.

• Qualify, develop, and manage key MHE component suppliers in partnership with Worldwide and Regional Procurement teams

• Build strategic supplier relationships to reduce cost, compress project life cycles, and improve capital efficiencies

• Drive supplier continuous improvement, global supplier metrics, and Cost Out programs to optimize Cap Ex spend

• Support global supplier selection, development, and managed expansion of the supplier base

• Lead sourcing for Smart TDR retrofit and greenfield installations: installer development, selection, RFP execution, and contracting for 2027/2028 deployment cycles

• Ensure installer capacity and continuity of supply across multi-site deployment schedules

• Fulfill sourcing for Ring’s PERCH program, addressing broader hardware sourcing needs with GPO best practices

• Develop supplier strategies for novel technology categories, including LCC supplier identification and qualification

• Serve as the primary GPO sourcing interface within Ring’s program structure; align sourcing strategies with deployment roadmaps

• Leverage GPO supplier networks, negotiation frameworks, and sourcing methodologies to deliver commercial outcomes for Ring

• Lead special projects to reduce costs, improve supplier performance, and accelerate program delivery

• Communicate strategy, execution status, and results to senior leadership across GPO and Ring

• High attention to detail including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously across MHE programs and Ring initiatives

• Ability to think strategically and execute tactically — balancing long-term supplier development with near-term project and program delivery deadlines

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence, negotiate, and develop relationships across organizational boundaries

• Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills — using data and metrics to build business cases, evaluate suppliers, and drive commercial decisions

• Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding our business, projects, solution designs, technology innovations, and opportunities to improve the effectiveness of our capital equipment procurement processes

• Comfort operating with significant autonomy as an embedded resource within a…