Vendor/Category Manager, Center Store Food, Worldwide Grocery Stores

About the role

Amazon is looking for a customer obsessed, analytical, and innovative individual to join Worldwide Grocery Stores as a Vendor/Category Manager to lead multiple facets of an omni-channel retail business. Your direct responsibility will be focused on growing and maximizing our partnerships with our critical vendor partners by leading annual vendor negotiations and driving joint business priorities throughout the year. You will work with internal and external stakeholders, owning strategic vendor relationships, negotiating vendor terms, partnering with marketing and advertising to drive traffic, and working with supply chain to guarantee product availability. You will be able to deliver results at both a strategic and tactical level across all aspects of the business. You may also manage categories where you will be responsible for assortment planning and manage the P&L.

Key job responsibilities

• Own the P&L for multiple large vendors with a focus on growing categories and customer baskets, as well as improving vendor profitability.
• Develop strategic relationships and joint business plans with suppliers to ensure early insight into new trends and products, early and exclusive access to new items, merchandising and promotions investment and competitive costs.
• Drive winning negotiations and represent Amazon when meeting with vendor senior leadership.
• Lead a cross-functional team, including Marketing, Instock, Merchandising, and Amazon Advertising, to drive superior vendor results.
• Continuously audit to improve the customer experience and business performance.

Basic Qualifications

• 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.
• Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience.
• Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Pay

• USA, NY, New York: 80,600.00 - 141,100.00 USD annually.
• USA, WA, Seattle: 82,700.00 - 128,300.00 USD annually.

Benefits

Amazon 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. Your Amazon package will also include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

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