Senior Vendor Manager Automotive Category

We are seeking an experienced resultsoriented Sr. Vendor Manager for Automotive Category in KSA. This role will focus on managing existing vendors and onboard new vendors to scale Automotive category in KSA.

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The Senior Vendor Manager will be responsible for building relationships with vendors adding selection managing category profitability optimizing pricing and developing their team. The best candidate will have a broad skill set including leadership development analytical horsepower excellent business judgment strong vendor management and negotiations skills deep curiosity about how things work and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. The position requires a leader who can work autonomously in a fast paced highly demanding and ambiguous environment.

The successful candidate would possess great business judgment with a track record of strong project delivery commercial negotiations and relationship management along with deep analytical acumen. Additionally this position involves working with multiple stakeholders (marketing marketplace legal supply chain operations among others).

The position requires a leader who can work autonomously in a fast paced highly demanding and ambiguous environment. The successful candidate would possess great business judgment with a track record of strong project delivery commercial negotiations and relationship management along with deep analytical acumen. Additionally this position involves working with multiple stakeholders (marketing marketplace legal supply chain operations among others).

This is an external facing role with close collaboration with external vendors to build selection from local and international vendors.

Key job responsibilities
Support Category leader to drive new strategic initiatives and business opportunities for the organization
Negotiations Build strategic partnership align and close end to end vendor relationship and terms of trade operating model contracts
Build the annual portfolio to drive continuous traffic and engagement to the storefront
Identify automation opportunities to offer scalable solutions improve all key inputs metrics such as Selection profitability Pricing Availability
Post launches Own the P&L for hitting top and bottomline targets and drive projects to improve profitability with critical stakeholders (Vendor Ops Advertising)
Source deals during Tier 1 & Tier 2 events to ensure we continue to offer value to our Prime Customers
Ensure content quality is best in class to improve conversion
Negotiate marketing funds from vendors for category visibility during BAU/Events.
Prepare Pitch & close Annual JBP with vendors.
MBR / QBR with vendors on performance & improvement

5 years of account management project or program management or buying experience
Bachelors degree or 5 years of professional or military experience
MBA
Experience using data to influence business decisions
Experience driving internal crossteam collaboration
Experience with business analysis and P&L management

Experience driving direction and alignment with crossfunctional teams
Experience handling Heavy & bulky categories

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