Drimva

Amazon

Senior Category Manager, Power and Utilities, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)

$129K–$193K

Austin, TX +4 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026

Location
Austin, TX
Nashville, TN
Bellevue, WA
Arlington, VA
Houston, TX
Experience
5+ years in specified cross-functional work, team management, project delivery, and strategic sourcing; 2+ years in supply chain.
Education
Bachelor's degree

About the job

Leads a global team and procurement strategy for Amazon’s solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen categories, including sourcing, supplier negotiations, and initiatives to generate revenue from energy assets.

What you'll do

  • Lead, coach, and develop six category managers across renewables, storage, and mobility.
  • Set multi-year sourcing strategy and oversee tenders, supplier consolidation, and contract negotiations across four regions.
  • Develop financial business cases and lead energy revenue initiatives such as virtual power plants, energy export, and grid services.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of cross-functional work with tech and non-tech teams, team management, and cross-functional project delivery experience.
  • 2+ years of supply chain experience.
  • Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements.
  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing experience, including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, and operational and financial analysis.

Nice to have

  • Experience managing, analyzing, and communicating results to senior leadership.
  • MBA, or 4+ years of solving problems with technology in the Energy & Utilities industries; direct energy infrastructure procurement and complex multi-year CapEx or EaaS/PPA negotiation experience are also preferred.

Pay

128,600.00 - 173,900.00 USD annually (base salary); 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

solar, wind, battery storage, hydrogen, virtual power plants, energy arbitrage, grid services

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 6, 2026 (UTC)