Sr. Vendor Manager, Canada Retail Softlines

Amazon • Toronto, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon is looking for a driven, customer focused, team-oriented, and analytical leader to join the Canada Softlines team. The Sr. Vendor Manager will be responsible for the total P&L of a category within Softlines, setting the strategy for driving growth, creating and maintaining strong partnerships with vendors, adding selection, managing category profitability, optimizing pricing, and delivering a disruptive customer experience. This includes identifying potential brand and product business opportunities, building direct relationships with key suppliers, negotiating contracts, terms & conditions, managing vendor setup and new item setup processes, working with suppliers to build comprehensive selection, setting prices, developing collaborative marketing and promotions, driving sales and margin improvements.
The right candidate stays on top of industry and competitive trends, and is able to execute at both a tactical and strategic level to drive selection, sales, and margin growth. In addition, the Sr. Vendor Manager must be an effective leader and communicator in working with Amazon.ca partners and vendors, as well as with internal groups such as control buying, site merchandising, marketing, PR, finance, operations, and retail systems.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
• Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
• Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the total P&L of a category within Softlines
• Setting the strategy for driving growth
• Creating and maintaining strong partnerships with vendors
• Adding selection
• Managing category profitability
• Optimizing pricing
• Delivering a disruptive customer experience
• Identifying potential brand and product business opportunities
• Building direct relationships with key suppliers
• Negotiating contracts, terms & conditions
• Managing vendor setup and new item setup processes
• Working with suppliers to build comprehensive selection
• Setting prices
• Developing collaborative marketing and promotions
• Driving sales and margin improvements
• Staying on top of industry and competitive trends
• Executing at both a tactical and strategic level to drive selection, sales, and margin growth
• Being an effective leader and communicator in working with Amazon.ca partners and vendors, as well as with internal groups such as control buying, site merchandising, marketing, PR, finance, operations, and retail systems

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance)
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
• Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
• paid time off
• other resources to improve health and well-being

What This Job Offers

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