Senior Vendor Manager, Office Products
Senior Vendor Manager, Office Products
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23-05-2025
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Come build the future with us in the exciting EU Ecommerce Office Products industry. Amazon is looking for an experienced Senior Vendor Manager to manage some of our biggest vendors in Office Products with proven experience in strategy execution negotiations innovation and P&L management. The Senior Vendor Manager will be the owner of business relationships with some of our most strategic partners and thus plays a vital role in building and sustaining multiyear strategic relationships with external vendors driving growth and profit strategies advancing automation and process improvements and anticipating and responding to industry trends.
The ideal candidate has strong negotiation skills analytical horsepower excellent business judgment deep curiosity about how things work and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. The candidate must be willing to question the status quo in order to improve existing workflows and processes to step change how we do business and delight our customers. This person will work with vendors of different sizes and represent Amazon in interactions at all levels of these organizations. Therefore this person must have excellent communication skills and be a strong influencer to drive joint progress on goals and Amazon priorities.
The ideal candidate will be a selfstarter endlessly curious analytical detailoriented and highly organized; comfortable with ambiguity and able to think creatively to identify and capture new opportunities. They will be a strong communicator equally fluent working with internal partner teams external head vendors and Amazon leadership.
Candidates for this role should have deep experience in retail buying and vendor negotiations in particular crossfunctional collaboration as well as strong comfort with analytics and a track record of successful datadriven decision making.
This position can be based in any Amazon EU Retail locations: London Manchester Paris Milan Madrid Munich Berlin. The team leader is based in Paris.
Key job responsibilities
Act as the business owner for assigned vendors/categories possessing a complete understanding of the strategic context of internal and external variables that impact your business. This entails owning forecasting monitoring reporting on the business along with responsibility for driving projects and promotional strategy to achieve business goals.
Have a thorough understanding of the industry seasonality and business trends/events and continually monitor competitor/industry developments
Lead effective negotiations with vendors to establish joint goals improve cost structure and sustainably grow the P&L
Create business plans for new opportunities and develop and execute project plans for the launch of new features incorporating merchandising and pricing strategies
Work crossfunctionally with counterparts across instock management marketing finance Amazon programs and retail systems to operate and grow the business
Concisely represent your business to senior Amazon leaders through reporting business reviews financial planning sessions and escalations
Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targets
Continually improve and automate manual processes to enable you and your team to scale better as the business grows
Bachelors Degree in Economics Engineering or Sciences.
57 years of working experience in management consulting vendor account management project management and/or buyer position.
Strong business judgment with a track record of successful relationship management and people management skills.
Strong analytical skills (including advanced excel and database analysis).
Interpersonal and communication skills negotiation skills bias for action ownership project management skills and A to Z business understanding are required.
Successful candidates will be autonomous tenacious and creative. They will quickly adapt to work in a fastpaced environment where prioritizing and multitasking are essential.
Enthusiastic and team player spirit.
Master degree in Industrial Engineering Management Economics or Sciences MBA from leading business school as a plus
Strong commercial experience and crossfunctional experience especially finance marketing or supply chain
Excellent knowledge of Excel and database work with experience in SQL as a plus
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover invent simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( to know more about how we collect use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability 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.
The ideal candidate has strong negotiation skills analytical horsepower excellent business judgment deep curiosity about how things work and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. The candidate must be willing to question the status quo in order to improve existing workflows and processes to step change how we do business and delight our customers. This person will work with vendors of different sizes and represent Amazon in interactions at all levels of these organizations. Therefore this person must have excellent communication skills and be a strong influencer to drive joint progress on goals and Amazon priorities.
The ideal candidate will be a selfstarter endlessly curious analytical detailoriented and highly organized; comfortable with ambiguity and able to think creatively to identify and capture new opportunities. They will be a strong communicator equally fluent working with internal partner teams external head vendors and Amazon leadership.
Candidates for this role should have deep experience in retail buying and vendor negotiations in particular crossfunctional collaboration as well as strong comfort with analytics and a track record of successful datadriven decision making.
This position can be based in any Amazon EU Retail locations: London Manchester Paris Milan Madrid Munich Berlin. The team leader is based in Paris.
Key job responsibilities
Act as the business owner for assigned vendors/categories possessing a complete understanding of the strategic context of internal and external variables that impact your business. This entails owning forecasting monitoring reporting on the business along with responsibility for driving projects and promotional strategy to achieve business goals.
Have a thorough understanding of the industry seasonality and business trends/events and continually monitor competitor/industry developments
Lead effective negotiations with vendors to establish joint goals improve cost structure and sustainably grow the P&L
Create business plans for new opportunities and develop and execute project plans for the launch of new features incorporating merchandising and pricing strategies
Work crossfunctionally with counterparts across instock management marketing finance Amazon programs and retail systems to operate and grow the business
Concisely represent your business to senior Amazon leaders through reporting business reviews financial planning sessions and escalations
Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targets
Continually improve and automate manual processes to enable you and your team to scale better as the business grows
Bachelors Degree in Economics Engineering or Sciences.
57 years of working experience in management consulting vendor account management project management and/or buyer position.
Strong business judgment with a track record of successful relationship management and people management skills.
Strong analytical skills (including advanced excel and database analysis).
Interpersonal and communication skills negotiation skills bias for action ownership project management skills and A to Z business understanding are required.
Successful candidates will be autonomous tenacious and creative. They will quickly adapt to work in a fastpaced environment where prioritizing and multitasking are essential.
Enthusiastic and team player spirit.
Master degree in Industrial Engineering Management Economics or Sciences MBA from leading business school as a plus
Strong commercial experience and crossfunctional experience especially finance marketing or supply chain
Excellent knowledge of Excel and database work with experience in SQL as a plus
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover invent simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( to know more about how we collect use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability 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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