Procurement Manager - Sustainability, Data Center Service Procurement

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a dynamic, growing business unit within Amazon.com that provides a broad set of infrastructure services including computing power, storage options, networking and databases available on demand. We are the leader in cloud computing and our pioneers are embracing innovation, building the future, and making history! We are currently seeking a procurement professional to join our Data Centre Services Procurement team. This role will focus on identifying and developing strategic sustainability procurement opportunities, onboarding sustainable construction services and materials suppliers in multiple regions to build out our supplier base, and manage Amazon sustainability initiatives within procurement teams to support Amazon's net zero carbon goal. Our team of Senior Procurement Managers are skilled in sustainability and supply chain with analytical and financial acumen. They dive-deep into processes used in our data center services procurement and lead supplier sustainability programs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout supply chains and devising sustainability and carbon reduction strategies. They are charged with creating/supporting sustainable supply chain and sourcing plans, supporting procurement partners and teams to create sustainable sourcing strategies and plans focused on sustainable deliverables, and then quickly delivering results that enable internal teams to meet schedules and deliverables. They identify new ways to forge partnerships with existing/new suppliers, evaluate suppliers' performance against clearly defined metrics, and balance priorities of both Amazon and our suppliers to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes while driving sustainability, efficiency, reducing risk and costs for Amazon. Key job responsibilities • Identifying viable sustainability focused construction services suppliers in multiple regions to support Amazon Sustainability targets and programs through customer & business partner collaboration and market research. • Negotiating contract terms with suppliers, and creating mechanisms to help them understand Amazon's business and sustainability requirements. • Establishing sustainability focused supplier sourcing strategies and timelines that address specifics of each region including local language, ease of doing business with suppliers in-market, existing supplier availability, existing sustainable profiling in regions etc., and then acting as a project manager to drive the strategies to completion. • Working with AWS suppliers to collect sustainability and environmental data for materials and equipment, and leading programs to reduce carbon impact of AWS data centre construction. • Develop and produce sustainability tracking reports showing supply chain sustainability efforts, Supply Chain Standards compliance, and progress against CO2e reduction initiatives. • Managing all aspects of the relationship with qualified suppliers for RFPs and RFQs on sustainability and specific sustainability projects (competitive bidding). • Communicating frequently and professionally with internal customers and stakeholders on the status of sustainability sourcing and procurement strategies and activities. • Developing and leading supplier- and customer- focused trainings on sustainability targets and programs that enable them to partner more closely with your business unit. • Establishing key internal sustainability metrics and utilizing them to monitor and improve performance against business objectives and to make informed business decisions. • Driving Business reviews with our internal stakeholders and suppliers. • Driving process improvement initiatives that positively impact customers, stakeholders, and the team. • Creating procedures and tools and simplifying those that already exist. *Please note that this role requires upwards of 15% international travel A day in the life Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do