Senior Retail Vendor Manager, Lawn and Garden

Amazon•Seattle, WA

5d•$109,000 - $185,000

About The Position

As a Senior Retail Vendor Manager in Amazon's Lawn and Garden team, you'll shape the future of your category while driving business growth and delivering exceptional customer experiences. Owning the P&L for a major category, you'll be responsible for topline growth, profitability, customer experience, and managing key vendor relationships. This dynamic role requires you to develop and execute strategic plans that expand product selection, drive operational excellence, and improve vendor terms, all while enhancing the overall customer experience. Your analytical skills will be crucial as you dive deep into business performance metrics and industry trends. You'll lead long-term Joint Business Planning, own complex negotiations, and identify growth opportunities while finding creative ways to reduce costs. A key aspect of your role will be defining and prioritizing meaningful ways to delight our customers, contributing to the development of new programs and features that improve both the shopping and selling experience on our platform. Collaboration is essential in this position, as you'll partner with cross-functional teams including Supply Chain, Finance, Advertising, Marketing, and Account Management to drive initiatives spanning the entire business. Your leadership will extend to mentoring and developing team members, fostering a culture of high performance and innovation. As a strategic thinker, you'll translate data into actionable insights, make high-impact decisions, and ensure we're well-positioned to meet customer needs throughout the year, especially during peak seasons.

Requirements

5+ years of with Excel experience
5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
Experience using data to influence business decisions
Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
Experience with business analysis and P&L management
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

Owning the P&L for a major category
Responsible for topline growth
Responsible for profitability
Responsible for customer experience
Managing key vendor relationships
Develop and execute strategic plans that expand product selection
Drive operational excellence
Improve vendor terms
Enhancing the overall customer experience
Lead long-term Joint Business Planning
Own complex negotiations
Identify growth opportunities
Finding creative ways to reduce costs
Defining and prioritizing meaningful ways to delight our customers
Contributing to the development of new programs and features that improve both the shopping and selling experience on our platform
Partner with cross-functional teams including Supply Chain, Finance, Advertising, Marketing, and Account Management to drive initiatives spanning the entire business
Mentoring and developing team members
Fostering a culture of high performance and innovation
Translate data into actionable insights
Make high-impact decisions
Ensure we're well-positioned to meet customer needs throughout the year, especially during peak seasons