Associate Vendor Manager Toys Canada
Associate Vendor Manager Toys Canada
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15-03-2025
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Amazons Canada team is seeking an experienced enthusiastic and creative Brand Specialist to join our Toys team furthering our vision to make Amazon the preferred toys destination across Canada. In this role you will work directly with strategic vendor partners to develop their business on Amazon. Your responsibilities will include developing and executing brand strategies analyzing market trends and consumer insights and creating sales plan. Youll monitor brand performance metrics work crossfunctionally with internal teams to enhance the toy shopping experience and stay current with Canadian toy market trends. This position requires a balance of strategic thinking and handson to drive the growth of toy category in the Canadian market. Your creative ideas and analytical skills will be crucial in identifying opportunities for business growth and optimization ultimately contributing to position as the goto destination for toy purchases in Canada.
Key job responsibilities
The Brand Specialist role on Amazon Canadas Toys team offers an exciting introduction to online retail and serves as a broad training ground for future success. This position involves working directly with strategic toy vendors to grow their businesses and optimize supply chains on Amazon. The Brand Specialist will collaborate with multiple internal teams including Instock Vendor Management and Site Merchandising as well as management to develop and execute strategies that grow and improve the toy product portfolio. Key responsibilities include managing vendor partnerships enhancing performance indicators optimizing supply chains and contributing to site merchandising efforts to improve the overall toy shopping experience. This role requires an experienced brand manager capable of both strategic thinking and tactical who can develop skills across various functional areas of ecommerce. The ideal candidate will balance longterm planning with immediate action applying their expertise to grow the toy category on Amazon while gaining valuable exposure to different aspects of the online retail business.
A day in the life
Acting as the business owner for his or her vendors in their respective categories possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business
Owning forecasting monitoring understanding and reporting on vendors 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 autonomously
Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin
Managing Purchase Orders and InStock analysis for the strategic brands
Optimizing the online presence and content of each product on the brands portfolio
Developing and executing marketing plans in order to drive awareness and purchases for the brand
Driving crosscategory initiatives to improve operational process and deliver results
About the team
Our team has a strong culture of hard working individuals that value flexibility ownership and ability to create our own priorities. Success is driven by an ability to operate independently while sharing learnings wins and misses across the team.
2 years of account management project or program management or buying experience
Bachelors degree
Experience in financial analysis retail buying retail planning & allocation product/project management marketing business development consulting negotiation or supply chain
Experience in process improvement
Experience managing large amounts of data
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation disability age or other legally protected status.
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.
Key job responsibilities
The Brand Specialist role on Amazon Canadas Toys team offers an exciting introduction to online retail and serves as a broad training ground for future success. This position involves working directly with strategic toy vendors to grow their businesses and optimize supply chains on Amazon. The Brand Specialist will collaborate with multiple internal teams including Instock Vendor Management and Site Merchandising as well as management to develop and execute strategies that grow and improve the toy product portfolio. Key responsibilities include managing vendor partnerships enhancing performance indicators optimizing supply chains and contributing to site merchandising efforts to improve the overall toy shopping experience. This role requires an experienced brand manager capable of both strategic thinking and tactical who can develop skills across various functional areas of ecommerce. The ideal candidate will balance longterm planning with immediate action applying their expertise to grow the toy category on Amazon while gaining valuable exposure to different aspects of the online retail business.
A day in the life
Acting as the business owner for his or her vendors in their respective categories possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business
Owning forecasting monitoring understanding and reporting on vendors 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 autonomously
Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin
Managing Purchase Orders and InStock analysis for the strategic brands
Optimizing the online presence and content of each product on the brands portfolio
Developing and executing marketing plans in order to drive awareness and purchases for the brand
Driving crosscategory initiatives to improve operational process and deliver results
About the team
Our team has a strong culture of hard working individuals that value flexibility ownership and ability to create our own priorities. Success is driven by an ability to operate independently while sharing learnings wins and misses across the team.
2 years of account management project or program management or buying experience
Bachelors degree
Experience in financial analysis retail buying retail planning & allocation product/project management marketing business development consulting negotiation or supply chain
Experience in process improvement
Experience managing large amounts of data
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation disability age or other legally protected status.
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.
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