Manager, Category Management

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Amazon is seeking to hire a Manager to lead our Category Management team.
You can anticipate a customer first, Day 1 culture rooted in innovation and
willingness to challenge the status quo. In this role you will lead a talented
team of Category Managers responsible for a variety of perishable and
non-perishable consumer goods.

The ideal candidate will also have demonstrated how they can hire, inspire, and
develop a team to reach their potential. You will bring a proven track record of
building and developing people/organizations, making data-driven decisions,
identifying and adding process improvements, fostering strong partnerships,
advocating on behalf of our customers, and being able to influence without
authority with partner teams.

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.

Requirements

• 3+ years of team management experience
• 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience with vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion or inventory management
• Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration

Nice To Haves

• Big box retail company, Category Management experience
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

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: Manager