Retail Category Management: Home, Sports, Toys, Consumer Electronics and more
Seattle, Washington
Vendor Management, for
Work hard. Have fun. Make history. Our overall mission is simple: We want Amazon to be the place where our customers can find, discover and buy anything online. Whatever our customers want, we will find the means to deliver it. With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds and implement innovation. This is your chance to make history. Amazon is looking for a smart, team-oriented, highly analytical leader to join the Consumables team as Head of Vendor Management, for our Baby category. The role comprises leadership of a high performing team in vendor management, continuously improving our customer experience, driving category profitability, grow the category and expanding our partnerships with key brands as well as working closely with our supply chain and advertising teams to deliver great results. The best candidate will have a broad skill set including strong vendor management and negotiations skills, leadership development, analytical horsepower, excellent
· University degree required ideally in an analytical discipline, e.g. business or engineering or MBA · Vendor Management, buyer or sales experience at a senior level for several years ideally in an e-commerce, retail, key account management or consulting environment · Excellent negotiation skills · Experience in building senior level internal and external relationships in a complex and dynamic organization and in influencing cross-functional teams · Strong communication skills and an assertive approach, whilst maintaining your ability to be vocally self-critical · A smart way of thinking in order