Sr. Category Manager, NA Construction, Global Procurement Organization

Description

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. We are seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead the commercial delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-million-dollar Ops construction projects across one of our global regions.

The Construction Category team owns the end-to-end sourcing strategy for general contractors, developers, and key trade packages. This role will work alongside a team of Construction Category Managers and partner closely with Pre-Construction, Design & Construction, Real Estate, and World Wide Design to develop and execute category sourcing strategies, maximize managed spend, deliver measurable net cost savings, and drive competition into historically under-competed markets.

The team operates at the intersection of Amazon's Climate Pledge commitments and unprecedented construction demand — including responsibility for sustainable construction materials such as steel, low-carbon steel, and low-carbon concrete. You will collaborate cross-business with AWS to leverage Amazon's combined construction scale and avoid market fragmentation.

This is a high-growth, fast-moving team undergoing significant global expansion. The right candidate is a self-starter with dedication to seeing projects through to the end, able to work independently in a collaborative, creative, and ambiguous environment. You bring an eye for detail, determination to standardize processes, and the ability to deliver high-quality work. This position involves direct engagement with internal and external stakeholders at every level — from project teams to senior leadership — and requires the credibility to inform decision-making and earn trust across the business.

• Own end-to-end commercial delivery of multi-million-dollar GC construction projects — sourcing, competitive bid, award, contract execution, and handover.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that drive competition, maximize managed spend, and deliver measurable net cost savings.
• Partner cross-functionally with Real Estate, Design & Construction, and Engineering Services to align vendor capacity with program milestones — including Prime week and Peak readiness.
• Run the full supplier lifecycle: performance management, should-cost analysis, concentration risk monitoring, and sustainability delivery aligned with Amazon's Climate Pledge.
• Earn trust with senior stakeholders by providing data-driven market intelligence — GC capacity, regional pricing trends, and strategic opportunities — to inform roadmap decisions.
• Define and own KPIs (cost, speed, quality, risk); track team progress against targets and drive continuous process improvement.
• Travel up to 10% (site visits, supplier reviews, cross-regional collaboration).

You negotiate with GCs and subcontractors in the morning, build a should-cost model over lunch, and present a sourcing recommendation to leadership by end of day — no two days look the same.

You sit at the crossroads of Design & Construction, Real Estate, Engineering Services, and Finance — translating program needs into commercial outcomes that deliver sites on time, on budget, and aligned with Amazon's Climate Pledge.

You flex between strategy and execution: developing a regional vendor panel one week, resolving a contractor escalation the next.

You deep-dive data — market pricing, GC capacity, spend concentration — to surface opportunities others miss and bring them to life at Amazon scale.

The Construction Category team is building something new. We manage one of Amazon's largest and fastest-growing global spend categories across NA, EMEA, LATAM, MEATR, and APAC — driving competition, cost transparency, and sustainability into how Amazon builds. The team is growing, standing up regional vendor panels, deploying should-cost capabilities, and delivering on Amazon's Climate Pledge through sustainable materials sourcing including steel, low-carbon steel, and low-carbon concrete.

If you want to shape procurement's role in how Amazon builds — not just support it — this is where to be.

• 7+ years of relevant strategic sourcing and…