The Consumables team is seeking a self-driven Vendor Manager candidate to support our Vendor Management team and our vendor partners. Vendor Managers work directly with vendors to improve value selection and convenience across their business. They play a critical role in managing strategic and established brands to drive profitability and top line performance for their category.
The candidate will use customer obsession and analytics to drive their business. The Vendor Manager will have the opportunity to engage with multiple internal teams to optimize product line performance for key manufacturers (vendors) on . They will utilize strong communication skills to collaborate with internal cross-functional partners such as site merchandising buying pricing inventory management operations online marketing and finance to drive performance for our vendor partners.
This position provides the candidate an opportunity to execute analytical deeps dives that help inform category growth strategies and addition to gaining vendor management experience this candidate will have exposure in driving category growth. Vendor Managers get the unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer while developing strong functional skills in online merchandising/marketing buying planning/forecasting pricing and business analytics.
Vendor Manager roles are in the General Management career path at Amazon. This role is an excellent introduction to a wide variety of business functions and provides advancement opportunities to more senior roles in Marketing/Merchandising Vendor Management Product Management and Inventory Management.
This position can be located in either Seattle or Toronto CA.
Key job responsibilities
P&L Management
Vendor Negotiations
New Product Launches
Ownership of key team-level business functions (pricing selection profitability)
Defining vendor and category level growth strategies
About the team
The Canada Consumables Vendor Management team manages the relationships with top vendors in the Beauty Grocery Health and Personal Care and Baby space for Canada. We work with our external and internal stakeholders too add value to our customers and grow a sustainable business in the space. Consumables continues to be the growth engine for Amazon Canada Retail. Join a team where collaboration and customer obsession are highly valued.
- 5 years of retail operations product or program management or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
- Bachelors degree
- Knowledge of Excel and extracting data through varied reporting tools in order to drive and influence business decisions
- 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
- Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
- Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products workflows or customer experiences.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.
CAN ON Toronto - 61400.00 - 102600.00 CAD annually