The Amazon.ca Beauty team is seeking a self-driven Vendor Manager candidate to support our Vendor Management team and our vendor partners. Vendor Managers work directly with vendors to improve value, selection and convenience across their business. They play a critical role in managing strategic and established brands to drive profitability and top line performance for their category.
The candidate will use customer obsession and analytics to drive their business. The Vendor Manager will have the opportunity to engage with multiple internal teams to optimize product line performance for key manufacturers (vendors) on Amazon.ca. They will utilize strong communication skills to collaborate with internal cross-functional partners, such as site merchandising, buying, pricing, inventory management, operations, online marketing, and finance to drive performance for our Amazon.ca vendor partners.
This position provides the candidate an opportunity to execute analytical deeps dives that help inform category growth strategies and initiatives. In addition to gaining vendor management experience, this candidate will have exposure in driving category growth. Amazon.ca Vendor Managers get the unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer, while developing strong functional skills in online merchandising/marketing, buying, planning/forecasting, pricing, and business analytics.
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
- Acting as the business owner for his or her vendor in their respective categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business.
- Owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the vendor, along with responsibility for driving strategic supply chain projects and promotions to achieve business objectives.
- Proactively negotiating costs, promotional opportunities, and other business inputs for the vendor.
- Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin.
- Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for the strategic brands.
- Optimizing the online presence and content of each product on the brand's portfolio.
- Developing and executing marketing plans to drive awareness and purchases for the brand.
- Driving cross-category initiatives to improve the operational process and deliver results.- 3+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
- Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership- Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
- Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development
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