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Sr. Vendor Manager, OHL, Retail Category Management
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Posted:
29 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 August 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Amazon is the largest e-commerce site in the Arab world. Every month Amazon attracts more than 40 million visits to its catalogue of more than 8.5 million unique products in 35 different categories including consumer electronics household goods fashion watches perfumes toys and baby products.
With more than 4000 employees We have offices and local operations in UAE Egypt Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and leading Product and Engineering centers in Jordan and India offering a unique opportunity to join the leading player in an ever growing and exciting industry.
Job Description:
This role is currently an Individual contributor role
We are looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial Senior Vendor Manager with Project Management expertise to help create a best-in-class experience for Retail Categories.
Responsibilities include managing the full scope of the category and vendor portfolio building and sustaining strategic relationships with key local and global manufacturers and suppliers improving the end-to-end Amazon customer experience and helping to shape the evolution of how customers shop online for these categories.
We are looking for a passionate customer and category advocate within Amazon with proven analytical capabilities and project management skills strong attention to detail the ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task and a proven record of driving category growth.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a passion for retail high levels of flexibility and commitment and ability to hire and develop a high-performing team.
Responsibilities:
Customer Focus
- Evaluates products and services to continually drive quality of customer experience.
- Aggregates and escalates industry trends; ensures team prioritizes customer obsession.
- Identifies opportunities to differentiate our customer experience from the competition.
Strategy
- 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/Project Management
- Expands current vendor selection and secures new brand selection.
- Focuses on strategic holdout or challenging vendors to increase 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.
In-Stock Management
- Manage inventory availability and inventory health including: improved in-stock inventory planning vendor operational improvement (efficiency fill rates lead times) systematic forecasting efficiency improvement with vendors and within the fulfillment centers.
- Drive tools and process improvements that affect purchasing and vendor management workflows.
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.
- Audits all elements of multiple subcategory businesses.
- Identifies areas that need vendor attention and directs team to address issues; acts as escalation point helping team and vendor(s) resolve conflicts.
- 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.
Team Development
- Holds team accountable for achieving business goals.
- Sets and articulates expectations around leadership behavior for team; models behavior that exemplifies the leadership principles.
- Effectively coaches and gives feedback to direct reports to help develop talent and support career development.
- Implements Amazons best recruiting practices and continuously raises the bar for hiring.
- Experience with business analysis and P&L management
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- 5 years of account management project or program management or buying experience
- 7 years of with Excel experience
- Bachelors degree or 7 years of professional or military experience
- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
- Experience driving productivity using Gen-AI
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
With more than 4000 employees We have offices and local operations in UAE Egypt Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and leading Product and Engineering centers in Jordan and India offering a unique opportunity to join the leading player in an ever growing and exciting industry.
Job Description:
This role is currently an Individual contributor role
We are looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial Senior Vendor Manager with Project Management expertise to help create a best-in-class experience for Retail Categories.
Responsibilities include managing the full scope of the category and vendor portfolio building and sustaining strategic relationships with key local and global manufacturers and suppliers improving the end-to-end Amazon customer experience and helping to shape the evolution of how customers shop online for these categories.
We are looking for a passionate customer and category advocate within Amazon with proven analytical capabilities and project management skills strong attention to detail the ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task and a proven record of driving category growth.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a passion for retail high levels of flexibility and commitment and ability to hire and develop a high-performing team.
Responsibilities:
Customer Focus
- Evaluates products and services to continually drive quality of customer experience.
- Aggregates and escalates industry trends; ensures team prioritizes customer obsession.
- Identifies opportunities to differentiate our customer experience from the competition.
Strategy
- 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/Project Management
- Expands current vendor selection and secures new brand selection.
- Focuses on strategic holdout or challenging vendors to increase 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.
In-Stock Management
- Manage inventory availability and inventory health including: improved in-stock inventory planning vendor operational improvement (efficiency fill rates lead times) systematic forecasting efficiency improvement with vendors and within the fulfillment centers.
- Drive tools and process improvements that affect purchasing and vendor management workflows.
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.
- Audits all elements of multiple subcategory businesses.
- Identifies areas that need vendor attention and directs team to address issues; acts as escalation point helping team and vendor(s) resolve conflicts.
- 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.
Team Development
- Holds team accountable for achieving business goals.
- Sets and articulates expectations around leadership behavior for team; models behavior that exemplifies the leadership principles.
- Effectively coaches and gives feedback to direct reports to help develop talent and support career development.
- Implements Amazons best recruiting practices and continuously raises the bar for hiring.
- Experience with business analysis and P&L management
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- 5 years of account management project or program management or buying experience
- 7 years of with Excel experience
- Bachelors degree or 7 years of professional or military experience
- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
- Experience driving productivity using Gen-AI
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Purchasing
- Procurement
- Vendor Management
- Process Improvement
- Pricing
- Project Management
- Relationship Management
- Contract Management
- Contract Negotiation
- negotiation
- Contracts
About Company
AmaZone Cafe it is a very cosy place, focus on healthy food, where you can delight with your friends and family and try the best Acai, the famous brazillian fruit.
