Vendor Manager, Emerging Brands, Worldwide Grocery Category Management (WWGCM)

Amazon • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

Interested in working on an innovative and high-impact business that is changing the way customers think about buying groceries? Our team focuses on creating exceptional shopping experiences that transform how customers discover and purchase perishable goods from Amazon. We're passionate about building compelling assortment, optimizing the customer journey, and developing strategic partnerships with vendors to drive category growth. We work in a collaborative environment where innovative thinking and strategic execution are highly valued. Our team strives to deliver exceptional value to customers while driving business results through data-driven decision making. We are looking for a talented Emerging Brands Vendor Manager (VM), who will be responsible for managing vendor relationships across all Amazon banners and setting the strategic direction for their vendors and sales agency partners. The ideal 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 data. Great communication skills and understanding of Excel will be essential to their success. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who will take ownership of projects and business problems to deliver results.

Requirements

• 1+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics, SQL or HTML

Nice To Haves

• Experience in process improvement
• Experience managing large amounts of data
• Experience working with clients

Responsibilities

• Support strategic negotiations with vendors and represent Amazon when meeting with vendor partners / agency partners and their leadership
• Develop long-term strategies and influence cross-category plans - delivering on Amazon's goals and objectives while obsessing over Customers
• Work cross functionally, both within Amazon and your assigned vendors / agencies
• Create opportunities for growth, customer acquisition, and brand-building
• Audit metrics regularly, determine and prioritize business opportunities, identify risks and make recommendations to deliver results
• Identify industry trends and develop innovative marketing and merchandising initiatives to support growth

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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: Mid Level