Category Leader

Amazon strives to be Earths most customercentric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want low prices vast selection and convenience Amazon continues to grow and evolve as worldclass ecommerce.

The Category Lead will be responsible for every aspect of retailing the products categories as well as be responsible to design develop/facilitate our import business in Egypt.

The main responsibilities are vendor management inclusive of supporting pricing strategies website marketing and inventory control at retail inclusive of all planning and Direct Imports to achieve both short and longterm goals.

The Category Leader will also be responsible for hiring and building highperformance teams of experienced team members and growing selection volumes and margins. He/She will develop a collaboration with other retail category teams in Egypt and the various functions in Egypt and ME. deliver results while maintaining the highest level of integrity and foster an environment that generates breakthrough ideas and lead a collaborative and open organization that lives the values of Amazon.

The Category leader will lead a project team across commercial compliance operation and technical teams to define and scope the necessary tools and workflows to be developed. He/She will closely work with retail teams in various locations as well as with other departments across the globe. He/she will directly work with Egyptian authorities to ensure a compliant business operation.

The position requires a leader who can work autonomously in a fast paced highly demanding and ambiguous environment. The successful candidate would possess great business judgment with a track record of strong project delivery commercial negotiations and relationship management along with deep analytical acumen. Additionally this position involves working with multiple stakeholders (marketing marketplace legal supply chain operations among others). The Category Leader needs to have strong management capabilities and ownership with great bias for action in getting things done themselves. He/She should be an experienced team player who is motivated by an entrepreneurial fastpaced and highly collaborative environment.

Main Responsibilities

1. Deliver selection profitability and sales targets by leading the business segment on the needs of the customer and identifying suitable opportunities for the category.
2. Having an indepth knowledge of business products value proposition and writing business proposals by identifying and mapping business strengths and customer needs
3. Build and maintain relationships with senior leaders of partnered vendors to grow and optimize the joint retail and import businesses.
4. Work with vendors Central inventory management and Amazon operations to ensure a reliable operational and cost effective flow of goods from ordering to receiving.
5. Drive integration between new vendors and Amazon supply chain product compliance and merchandising processes.
6. Develop and improve vendor relations and import sourcing for branded and exclusive Amazon products to give customers access to selection that was not previously available.
9. Contribute to the development of best practices and contract standards.
10. Monitor analyze and own key performance indicators such as vendor import share out of stock rate vendor operational metrics and marketing investments.
11. Drive a substantial profit contribution to our growing business in Egypt.
12. Work with internal teams to understand the systems and variables that affect purchasing and vendor management decisions and drive joint negotiations at an annual span Egypt level.
13. Lead projects and regular business improvement initiatives as may be decided from time to time.



10 years experience of leading a team.
Strong experience in sales and vendor management.
Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management.
Proven analytical thinking project management skills and exceptional organizational skills are essential.
Ability to think strategically and tactically with attention to detail.
Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fastpaced startup environment is essential for success.
Candidate must have strong communication skills
Experience in crossborder trade to Egypt and building businesses with supply chain operations & commercial teams.
Exceptional written and oral communication abilities
Understanding of international supply chains


Ability to work in a global environment
Experience of business strategy development and execution
Experience with consumer research in any consumer products
Experience in marketing brand management consumer insights
Strong analytic skills with experience in statistical modelling and analysis
Masters degree/ MBA preferred

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