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10 Amazon indirect procurement leaders
These ten current and former Amazon indirect procurement leaders and category managers have led or managed sourcing for indirect spend such as professional services, IT, connectivity, marketing and consumables at Amazon. A reader can learn how indirect procurement works at Amazon from people who have led it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Emily Grant, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Category Manager - Connectivity · Amazon
Sr. Category Manager - Connectivity at Amazon since 2024, a role the profile headline gives as Head of Connectivity, Global Procurement Organization, and Sr. Category Mgr, IT Hardware at Amazon from 2022 to 2024. The profile also lists Sr. Global Category Manager - HR Services & HSE (2021–2022) and Sr. Indirect Sourcing Manager (2019–2021) at Baker Hughes.
Erika Gutierrez
LinkedInExperience: Head of IT Procurement · Amazon
Head of IT Procurement at Amazon since October 2021, a role the profile tags at head level in Operations. The profile also lists Senior Global Commodity Leader - Engineering & IT Services (2011–2014) and Global Commodity Leader - Transportation Utilities (2009–2011) at GE.
Frank Schroeder
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Strategic Procurement & Sourcing · Amazon
Director Global Strategic Procurement & Sourcing at Amazon since June 2025, a role the profile describes as leading global strategic sourcing teams that support company-wide stakeholders on multi-billion dollar indirect spend including Marketing and Professional Services. The profile also lists Head of APAC and EMEA Corporate Procurement & Sourcing (2021–2022) and Head of EMEA Corporate Procurement & Sourcing (2016–2021) at Amazon.
Ivonne Robles
LinkedInExperience: Former Global Procurement Category Lead Technology & Indirect Categories · Amazon
Former Global Procurement Category Lead Technology & Indirect Categories at Amazon (2024–2026), and Senior Supply Chain Program Manager Regional Strategy & Network Expansion at Amazon since 2026. The profile also lists Head of Indirect Procurement Mexico at GSK (2019–2023) and Senior Category manager Northamertica Indirect Services at Vesuvius North America (2024).
Jeremy Mosher, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager · Amazon
Global Category Manager at Amazon since 2022, a role the profile lists under Indirect Procurement Soft Services. The profile also lists Category Manager / Purchasing Manager at Mercury Marine (2015–2022), Materials Management at Oshkosh Defense (2013–2015) and Strategic Buyer at Oshkosh Corporation (2012–2013).
Paul McLain
LinkedInExperience: Former Director - Global Corporate Procurement · Amazon
Former Director - Global Corporate Procurement at Amazon (2013–2021), a role the profile describes as leading the build-out of an indirect procurement organization to support corporate functions globally, with teams in North America, the EU and Asia. The profile also lists Finance Director - Kindle (2011–2013) and Finance Director - WW Shared Services (2004–2010) at Amazon.
Prashanth Rao
LinkedInExperience: Director - OpEx Procurement · Amazon
Director - OpEx Procurement at Amazon since 2020, a role the profile describes as global head for Amazon's OpEx Procurement and Consumables/Services Management, accountable for about $20B of spend across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The profile also lists Director Of Operations at Amazon (2017–2020) and Global Sourcing Director at Cummins Inc. (2011–2013).
Sean McAllister
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of EU OPEX Procurement (Packaging MRO Consumables Services) (L8 VP) · Amazon
Former Director of EU OPEX Procurement (Packaging MRO Consumables Services) (L8 VP) at Amazon (2020–2021). Global Director of Supplies & Consumables Procurement (L8 VP) at Amazon since June 2025; the profile also lists Global Director of Packaging Procurement (L8 VP) at Amazon (2021–2025) and Head of EU Shipping & OPEX Supplies Procurement (Packaging MRO Consumables) at Amazon (2020).
Sherry Epting
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager · Amazon
Global Category Manager at Amazon since 2021, a role the profile tags at director level in Marketing and describes as developing and leading Global Procurement indirect category strategies for Advertising and PR with over $300M in global spend. The profile also lists US Commercial Procurement Director (2010–2014) and Global Category Manager (2014–2020) at AstraZeneca.
Shobhit Shukla
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager · Amazon
Global Category Manager at Amazon since December 2021, a role the profile describes as responsible for indirect procurement categories: professional services, telecom and IT. The profile also lists Procurement Category Manager, Asia Pacific (2019–2021) and Sub Category Sourcing lead (2016–2019) at Cargill.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the category behind your question, since corporate services, IT and operations consumables each involve different stakeholders. Check whether the relevant role is current or past and whether the person led a team or managed a category.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize indirect procurement teams around categories, regions and business stakeholders at a very large company?
- 02What does a good category strategy for professional services or IT look like when spend grows quickly?
- 03How do you measure the value of indirect procurement beyond negotiated savings?
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