We are looking for a curious, customer obsessed, driven and creative individual to join the Amazon Fresh category management team. The Category Manager will engage directly with multiple internal teams to optimize the assortment for key vendors and brands. You will utilize a wide range of skills and work across major functional areas such as category management, pricing, inventory management, operations, marketing, and finance to drive the performance of strategic vendor partners at Amazon. You will own a wide SKU count for your vendors so that your work is varied and challenging.
The 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 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 deliver a successful result.
Our environment is fast-paced, and requires someone who is flexible, detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable working with multiple teams, vendors, partners, and management.
A day in the life
-Be the ‘business owner’ for your vendors and regions, working autonomously and possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact your vendors
-Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external partners, while meeting tight deadlines
-Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability goals for your category
-Analyze weekly and monthly performance metrics and manage communication with internal and external stakeholders to hit financial targets
-Provide input for your category regarding promotional activity, space allocation, pricing, productivity analysis, and forecasting- 1+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Bachelor's degree
- 2+ years of retail buying experience
- 2+ years of with Excel experience manipulate and analyze large sets of data
- 2+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience- 3+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Experience doing one of several roles: quantitative/financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, pricing, marketing or e-commerce
- Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $48,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $103,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
