Amazon
Data Center Category Manager, AWS Data Center Sourcing & Procurement
$80K–$139K
Austin, TX +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Feb 17, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Arlington, VA
Seattle, WA
Herndon, VA - Experience
- 5+ years in procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration, or operations; 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing experience. Preferred: 4+ years of program, project, product management, or product implementation leadership experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field; master's degree preferred.
About the job
Develops sourcing strategies for data center construction services and works with internal teams and suppliers to improve efficiency, reduce costs and risks, and support data center capacity and safety.
What you'll do
- Create and implement sourcing strategies, using competitive bidding, negotiations, and market and data analysis.
- Set supplier performance and delivery metrics and drive accountability.
- Work with data center teams on local and global projects, prioritizing actions that support capacity availability and safety.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field.
- Experience in procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration, or operations.
- Strategic sourcing experience including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, and operational and financial analysis.
- Experience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies.
Pay
79,500.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually (base salary; USA, TX, Austin); 79,500.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually (base salary; USA, VA, Arlington); 79,500.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually (base salary; USA, VA, Herndon); 82,700.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually (base salary; USA, WA, Seattle)
Tools
Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python
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