Alcohol Category Manager, Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores

Amazon • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

We are looking for a curious, customer obsessed, driven and creative individual
to join the Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores Category Management team. The
Category Manager will engage directly with multiple internal teams to optimize
the assortment for key vendors and brands. You will utilize a wide range of
skills and work across major functional areas such as category management,
pricing, inventory management, operations, marketing, and finance to drive the
performance of strategic vendor partners at Amazon. You will own a wide SKU
count for your vendors so that your work is varied and challenging.

The 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 deliver 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.

Requirements

• 3+ years of with Excel experience
• 5+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
• Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
• Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development

Responsibilities

• Own the Retail P&L for your categories and regions
• Lead the selection strategy for your categories
• Establish and grow vendor relationships; partner with vendors to deliver improvements in customer experience and hold vendors accountable for operational performance
• Own the Trade Planning Strategy for your categories to drive category growth, new customer growth, and returning customer retention

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