Vendor/Buyer Manager, Worldwide Grocery Category Management

About the role

The Worldwide Grocery Category Management team is responsible for selection decisions and vendor relationships for grocery category across all Amazon banners. 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 assortments, 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.

Requirements

• 1+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience using Excel and other business analytic tools
• Experience in online retail
• Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics, SQL or HTML
• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
• USA, TX, AUSTIN - 53,700.00 - 94,000.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington - 53,700.00 - 94,000.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 80,200.00 - 94,000.00 USD annually

Additional Information

Interested in working on an innovative and high-impact business that is changing the way customers think about grocery? Amazon is looking for a talented Vendor Manager (VM) responsible for managing vendor relationships and setting the strategic direction for their business on the Worldwide Grocery Category team. The ideal candidate possesses experience in buying, marketing and/or finance; with a track record of successful relationship management, strong analytical acumen, experience generating and managing reporting and analysis. Great communication skills and understanding of Excel will be essential to your success. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who will take ownership of projects and business problems to a successful result. Key job responsibilities Our environment is fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous; this requires someone who is flexible, detail-oriented, analytical and comfortable working with multiple teams, vendors, partners and management. On a day to day basis, you will: Drive strategic negotiations with vendors and represent Amazon when meeting with vendor partners and their leadership Develop long-term strategies and significantly influences cross-category plans - delivering on Amazon's goals and objectives while obsessing over Customers Work cross functionally, both within Amazon and your assigned vendors An ability to implement scalable, simple and automated solutions to address Customer pain points and drive results 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

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