Amazon Canada is looking for an experienced enthusiastic hardworking analytical and creative candidate to join our Hardlines team. You will work directly with strategic vendor partners to develop and manage their business acting as a liaison and executing joint business plans that improve value selection and convenience across their business portfolio.
The Brand Specialist position offers an exciting introduction to our online retail business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work directly with strategic and large vendors to grow their business through various levers including merchandising/marketing new product launches pricing inventory management and supply chain optimization. The Brand Specialist will also work with multiple internal teams and management as they grow and improve their vendors success at Amazon. This role is for experienced brand managers with the ability to think strategically and act tactically.
The Brand Specialist role will be responsible for the following: Acting as the business owner for their vendors possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business Owning forecasting monitoring understanding and reporting on 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 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
The role offers a unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer and to develop strong functional skills in online merchandising/ marketing buying planning and forecasting pricing and business analysis. Brand Specialist roles are in the General Management career path at Amazon and offer opportunity for greater responsibility and advancement into a variety of roles including Merchandising Vendor Management and Inventory Management.
1 years of account management project or program management or buying experience Bachelors degree Experience using Excel and other business analytic tools
Experience with software and editing tools (including HTML Excel and SQL) Experience in online retail Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics SQL or HTML
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