Senior Category Manager
6 months ago
5+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military 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
Amazon.sa is looking for a customer focused, team-oriented, and analytical leader to join the other hardlines team managing Tools category.
Senior vendor manager roles are in the General Management career path at Amazon. This role is an excellent introduction to a wide variety of business functions and provides advancement opportunities to more senior roles in Marketing/Merchandising, Vendor Management, Product Management and Inventory Management.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
CUSTOMER FOCUS
Evaluates products and services to continually drive quality of customer experience
Aggregates and escalates industry trends; prioritizes customer obsession
Identifies opportunities to differentiate our customer experience from the opposition
STRATEGY
Develops long-term strategies and influences cross-category buying processes and standards as well as cross-category vendor negotiations
Develops and implements action plans based on deep-dive analysis of product line metrics
Provides recommendation on business opportunities and long-term strategy for multiple sub-categories
VENDOR MANAGEMENT
Expands current vendor selection and secures new brand selection for multiple subcategories
Focuses on strategic holdout or challenging vendors to increase category selection
Drives strategic negotiations to deliver top
- and bottom-line category growth
Builds long-term relationships by creating value, opportunities for growth, customer acquisition, and brand-building for multiple vendors
Increases vendor participation through deep knowledge of program opportunities
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Dives deep into inputs and understands the downstream impact of changes to pricing, selection, and convenience for multiple subcategories.
Owns the Retail P&L for multiple subcategories; develops plans that drive revenue and margin improvement for the business
Creates strategic and prioritized vendor marketing plan that maximizes margin dollars and customer experience
Audits all elements of multiple subcategory businesses
Creates long-term category solutions that automate or simplify category processes
Works with internal technical, cross-category, and tech teams to drive multi-system process changes
About the team
About the team
The GCC Other hard lines Vendor Management team manages the relationships with top vendors in the Home, Furniture, Tools, Sports, Major appliances & outdoors. We work with our external and internal stakeholders to add value to our customers and grow a sustainable business in the space. Other hardlines continues to be the growth engine for Amazon GCC Retail. Join a team where collaboration and customer obsession are highly valued.
Riyadh, SAU
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