Amazon
Data Center Category Manager, Data Center Sourcing & Procurement
$80K–$139K
Austin, TX +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Arlington, VA
Seattle, WA
Herndon, VA - Experience
- 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience; 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing, including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field.
About the job
Develops and executes sourcing strategies for data center construction services across the Americas, improving supplier performance, reducing costs and risks, and supporting data center capacity and safety.
What you'll do
- Create and implement sourcing strategies, using competitive bidding, negotiation, and market and data analysis.
- Develop supplier performance and delivery metrics and mechanisms for accountability.
- Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to improve efficiency, reduce costs and risks, and support data center operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field.
- Experience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python.
- Experience in global supply chain management and managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company.
- Proven ability to drive large-scale process improvements with measurable value and use data and metrics to develop business cases.
Nice to have
- 4+ years of program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process experience.
- Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies.
Pay
79,500.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually (base salary); 79,500.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually (base salary); 79,500.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually (base salary); 82,700.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python
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