Amazons Canada team is looking for an experienced enthusiastic hardworking analytical and creative candidate to join our Pet Products team. You will work directly with a portfolio of strategic vendor partners to develop their business acting as a liaison and executing a joint business plan.
The team operates across several hub cities including Seattle Arlington and Toronto. This role has the flexibility to align to any of these hubs.
The Senior Vendor Manger position offers an exciting introduction to our online retail business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work directly with a strategic vendor to grow their business and optimize their supply chain while working with multiple internal teams and management. The Senior Vendor Manager will develop skills and work across all three functional areas (Instock Vendor Management and Site Merchandising) to grow and improve their vendors success at Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
Acting as the business owner for his or her vendor in their respective categories possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business.
Owning forecasting monitoring understanding and reporting on the 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.
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 to drive awareness and purchases for the brand.
Driving crosscategory initiatives to improve the operational process and deliver results.
5 years of with Excel experience
5 years of product management business management/consulting or retail experience with negotiations and delivering results experience
Experience with pricing and selection strategy
Bachelors degree
Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
Experience in vendor negotiations pricing and promotion inventory management and product development
MBA (or relevant PhD) highly preferred
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