Description

At Amazon, we’re working to be the most customer‑centric company on earth. If you’d like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

We are seeking a Category Manager to support our Australia Customers for our APAC Customer Fulfillment network. The person in this role will coordinate with several teams across Amazon and will interact with our most important suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements. The role involves partnering with multiple teams to develop and execute category sourcing strategies, deliver savings, and improve productivity across the category.

Key job responsibilities

- Establish category sourcing strategies, lead cross‑functional strategic sourcing teams, negotiate with suppliers and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position.
- Drive relationships with category suppliers with the objective of achieving the optimal solution and cost of ownership that meets business goals, supported by continuous improvement and performance benchmarks.
- Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor, and optimize opportunities.
- Act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories; anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed.
- Drive category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance, and add value to Amazon.
- Identify, achieve, and report on savings and sustainability value targets for category sourcing activities.
- Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category.
- Build the category metrics model based on input from the category team to track and monitor performance, measure actual vs planned savings, advise the team of trends,



and own action plans.

A day in the life

You will deliver market‑leading, low‑cost, creative, and sustainable service solutions to help our Operations teams succeed and delight Amazon.com customers with value, selection, and convenience. Additionally, you will undertake initiatives to ensure continuity of service supply.

- Collaborate to seek inputs and manage outputs from external suppliers and internal cross‑functional partners.
- Adapt and sometimes take different roles from strategy development to project management to rapidly meet customer needs.
- Focus on deep diving categories to unlock value and help deploy services at scale for Operations.

About The Team

Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and the top line.

- Grow in a fast‑paced environment where every day is day one.
- Surrounded by inspiring and diverse individuals.
- Learn from people with a wide variety of professional backgrounds.
- Opportunity to develop new skills and opportunities through lateral, geographical or functional moves.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business, IT or any other procurement‑related career.
- 2+ years of Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, Power Pivot, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau.
- Experience in program or project management.




- Experience working cross‑functionally with tech and non‑tech teams.
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics.
- 1+ years of supply chain experience.
- 2+ years of defining and executing against program timeline & requirements.
- English‑language communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

- 1+ years of driving end‑to‑end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership.
- Experience leading process improvements.
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization.
- Experience in project management including resource planning, managing schedules, reporting project status, and prioritizing tasks.

Acknowledgement Of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE Statement

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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📌 Category Manager, Australia Procurement Operations (City of Sydney)
🏢 Amazon
📍 City of Sydney