Manager, Sourcing Prepared Foods & Bakery, Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS)

Amazon • Austin, TX

4d

About The Position

The Manager, Sourcing Prepared Foods & Bakery serves as the product owner and internal champion for our WW Grocery Store Private Brand business. They will own categories such as Perishable foods which span prepared Foods & Bakey products. They will own managing, developing, and improving the structural profitability of our private brand assortment across our Amazon and WFM-branded products. This role is unique in that it spans Food categories with a supply chain serving all Grocery channels including WFM Stores, Amazon Go, Amazon Fresh Stores and online. In this role, you will work backwards from customer needs to develop and execute a comprehensive sourcing strategy that delivers exceptional products while meeting financial guardrails and targets across all channels. This leader will manage a team of 6 and will need to be a passionate and effective people leader. They will be the trusted advisor for our category teams across Grocery channels and will be the subject matter expert in their categories. Additionally, this leader will need to be a master negotiator, as they own our supplier/vendor partnership, and will need to optimize those partnerships over time to meet the needs of our customers. This role will need to be an effective collaborator and owner, making decisive decisions across a varied multi-functional team including product development, channel category merchandising, partner private brands teams, and our quality and commercialization functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience of managing and developing a high performance team
• 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Experience with vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion or inventory management
• Experience working cross functionally across finance, marketing or supply chain

Nice To Haves

• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for assigned categories, working backwards from customer needs to develop a compelling product roadmap
• Create and maintain detailed product requirement documents, PRFAQs, and six-pagers to articulate product vision and strategy
• Be subject matter expert on their categories with in the private labeling space, understanding the supplier landscape and optimizing our portfolio
• Drive both new product creation and renovation of existing products to ensure the total portfolio is optimized to support business objectives
• Identify opportunities to fill the innovation pipeline through customer insights, market research, and cross-functional collaboration
• Partner with Product Commercialization, R&D, Legal, and Quality Assurance to bring products to market efficiently while managing risk
• Establish and track meaningful metrics to measure product performance and customer satisfaction
• Own the P&L for your product portfolio, ensuring delivery of financial targets and growth objectives
• Conduct weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews with data-driven insights and root cause analysis
• Develop and maintain product dashboards with key performance indicators to track progress against goals
• Understand the critical Ps of Product, Price, Placement, and Promotion working with their partner teams to ensure their products are brought to life effectively for our customers.
• Make data-informed decisions by leveraging both qualitative and quantitative customer insights
• Collaborate with North America Category Manager stakeholders across multiple teams on achieving financial plans and category objectives
• Operate as a subject matter expert in your product category, including industry knowledge and supplier landscape
• Develop and nurture strategic supplier partnerships to drive innovation and operational excellence
• Implement supplier scorecarding and performance management systems to ensure quality, sustainability, and business outcomes
• Champion Organics, Fair Trade, Animal Welfare, Sustainability and Quality Standards to advance the mission of Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh
• Partner with Global Purchasing Teams, Distribution, and Regions to ensure alignment to category strategy
• Drive packaging innovation that enhances customer experience while supporting sustainability goals
• Influence product placement decisions through data-driven insights and customer decision tree methodology
• Collaborate with Pricing team to ensure products meet target price positions while maintaining margin requirements
• Balance customer value proposition with profit targets to deliver on our Conscious Capitalism principles
• Hire and develop the best talent, raising the bar with each hiring decision
• Mentor and train Sourcing managers and other team members
• Communicate, represent, and uphold Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh core values and leadership principles
• Demonstrate bias for action, ownership mentality, and customer obsession in all activities

Benefits

• Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.
• The base pay for this position ranges from $126,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $208,300/year in our highest geographic market.
• Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Amazon is a total compensation company.
• Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
• For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits

What This Job Offers

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