Sr Vendor Manager - Strategic Projects & Vendor Experience, WWGS (Worldwide Grocery Stores)

Amazon • Austin, TX

1d • $109,000 - $185,000

About The Position

As Sr Vendor Manager - Strategic Projects & Vendor Experience, you will drive profitability improvements across Amazon Grocery through strategic vendor programs, and business process & tool convergence, enabled by AI-powered automation. This role oversees programs that have direct, tangible, and material impacts on the entire Amazon Grocery P&L. This position will work closely with the Finance, Vendor Management, and retail operations teams and will represent the Vendor Experience team in meetings with Senior Leadership across the One Grocery and Core Consumables organization. This position will be the single-threaded leader responsible for delivering key insights on Vendor Financials and Net Profitability as well as for creating the process and resource infrastructure that supports continuous improvements in grocery Vendor Funding. This position will also own partnering with Tech and Non-Tech teams across the organization to continuously drive improvements in business integrations and reporting for the Amazon Grocery organization. They will use their deep understanding of data paired with their nuanced knowledge of Vendor Financials to partner with stakeholders across numerous teams to deliver solutions that scale with the business and have cross-organization impacts. Successful candidates will have deep experience in Program Management, P&L Management, and in building solutions based on in-depth analysis of complex data. Candidate experience should cover project management, business requirement documentation, process design, business management, and user acceptance testing responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in leading stakeholders across different teams to deliver solutions to unusually complex challenges is expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position.

Requirements

• 5+ years of with Excel experience
• Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
• 5+ years of vendor management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to work across multiple teams
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing process automation solutions using AI/ML tools and technologies to drive operational efficiency and eliminate manual workflows
• Experience with data analysis tools (Excel at advanced level). Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects with significant business impact
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority across multiple teams

Nice To Haves

• Background in retail, grocery, or e-commerce operations
• Experience partnering with technical teams on tool development
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and project management tools (Asana, JIRA)
• Experience with selection strategy, space planning, trade planning, and/or vendor management processes

Responsibilities

• Own and Manage: You’ll own and manage lifecycle activities from beginning to end (planning, requirements gathering, technology team partnerships, UAT planning and performance, project closing, and stakeholder engagement) for multiple projects simultaneously.
• Automate: You’ll work on automation projects and lead the coordination of designing processes and tools to make continual improvements in Net Profitability for the Amazon Grocery organization
• Improve Processes: You will build new processes and improve existing processes utilized by the Amazon Grocery organization to track, collect, and secure vendor funding.
• Consult: You’ll operate as a valued consultant to partner with many different stakeholder teams across the entire Amazon organization.
• Make Decisions: You’ll be an empowered, impactful decision maker who drives the direction of projects to completion.
• Collaborate: You’ll collaborate with Amazonians of diverse backgrounds and on various business teams.

Benefits

• Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $109,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/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: Mid Level