Alcohol Category Manager, Amazon Grocery

Amazon • Arlington, VA

5d

About The Position

Interested in working on an innovative and high-impact business that is changing
the way customers think about grocery? Amazon is looking for a talented Category
Manager (CM) responsible for setting the strategic direction for their business
on Amazon Fresh and managing vendor relationships for their categories.

The ideal candidate possesses experience in buying, marketing, and/or finance,
with a track record of successful relationship management, strong analytical
acumen, and experience generating and managing reporting and analysis. Great
communication skills and understanding of Excel will be essential to your
success. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who will take ownership of
projects and business problems to a successful result.

Our environment is fast-paced, and requires someone who is flexible,
detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable working with multiple teams,
vendors, partners, and management. This team is a highly collaborative team of category managers and risk managers
that collaborate across three offices (Arlington, Seattle, and NYC). We problem
solve together and individually (often with weekly brainstorming sessions and
open forums where we ideate on solutions), identify and implement scalable
solutions for root causes, and above all obsess over our customer and potential
customers. We celebrate one another's successes and support each other through
headwinds as we work towards our shared goal of growing this category.

Requirements

• 1+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience using Excel and other business analytic tools

Nice To Haves

• Experience with software and editing tools (including HTML, Excel and SQL)
• Experience in online retail
• Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics, SQL or HTML

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term strategies and significantly influences cross-category plans
• Work cross functionally, both within Amazon and the strategic vendor, and implement scalable, simple and automated solutions to address customer pain points
• Create opportunities for growth, customer acquisition, and brand- building for multiple sub-categories
• Audit metrics regularly, determine and prioritize business opportunities, identify risks and make recommendations to pursue
• Identify industry trends and develop innovative marketing and merchandising initiatives to support growth
• Drive strategic negotiations with large vendors and represent Amazon when meeting with senior leaders
• Be the ‘business owner’ for your vendors and regions, working autonomously and possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact your vendors
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external partners, while meeting tight deadlines
• Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability goals for your category
• Analyze weekly and monthly performance metrics and manage communication with internal and external stakeholders to hit financial targets
• Provide input for your category regarding promotional activity, space allocation, pricing, productivity analysis, and forecasting

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level