Category Manager, Consumables Private Brands

The Amazon Consumables Private Label team is creating a global portfolio of consumables products to meet customers daily needs. We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Category Manager with a healthy obsession for the rapidly evolving world of consumer packaged goods online delivery and product innovation to join our team and help us change the everyday lives of our global customers. The Category Manager will work across our portfolio to identify/launch new private brand selection opportunities and drive improvements in our P&L.

You are passionate about identifying a compelling profitable assortment that will delight our customers. You have experience analyzing data driving cost out of the supply chain and developing new businesses. You enjoy building profitable businesses and getting into the details of a P&L. You have an amazing level of intellectual curiosity strong financial acumen a high degree of ownership and integrity and a high attention to detail. You are an independent self-starter who thrives in connecting people and ideas and have a strong entrepreneurial drive. You excel at communication and are comfortable with playing a lead role in a highly visible organization. You coordinate with cross-functional teams to drive growth and process improvement for your business.

Key job responsibilities
The Category Managers primary responsibilities will include working across private brand stakeholders throughout WW Consumables and Private Brands to:

Evaluate the online and offline assortment across channels and determine the right selection (based on product types attributes brands) for us to assort and scale based on market trends and customer needs analysis

Weekly and monthly tracking of category P&Ls to monitor profitability goals and diving deep where needed to drive continuous improvement.
Partner closely with supply chain to drive scalable process development operational planning (e.g. safety stock cross-channel allocation strategy forecast consolidation etc.) and understanding of comprehensive financial analysis to support forecasting/inventory investments.
Influence executive decision-makers helping them to understand the brand desired product positioning key points of difference and target customer.
Collaborate with other members of the Consumables Private Label team including Commercialization Pricing and Instock Management.
Partner closely with cross functional teams including the retail category teams marketing product development legal product compliance social responsibility finance and transportation to deliver on net revenue and customer satisfaction.
Develop a thorough understanding of the market segment seasonality and global trends/events and continually monitoring competitor efforts.

This is a full-time position that may require travel up to 5% of the time over the course of the year to domestic or international Amazon locations.

- 3 years of with Excel experience
- 5 years of retail operations product or program management or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
- Bachelors degree or 3 years of professional or military experience
- Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership

- 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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 82700.00 - 128300.00 USD annually