DESCRIPTION

Amazon.sa 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 Amazon.sa. 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 Amazon.sa vendor partners.

This position provides the candidate an opportunity to execute analytical deeps dives that help inform category growth strategies and initiatives. In addition to gaining vendor management experience, this candidate will have exposure in driving category growth.
Amazon.sa 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.

Key job responsibilities
CUSTOMER FOCUS
Evaluates products and services to continually drive quality of customer experience
Aggregates and escalates industry trends; prioritizes customer obsession
Identifies opportunities to differentiate our customer experience from the opposition

STRATEGY
Develops long-term strategies and influences cross-category buying processes and standards as well as cross-category vendor negotiations
Develops and implements action plans based on deep-dive analysis of product line metrics
Provides recommendation on business opportunities and long-term strategy for multiple sub-categories

VENDOR MANAGEMENT
Expands current vendor selection and secures new brand selection for multiple subcategories
Focuses on strategic holdout or challenging vendors to increase category selection
Drives strategic negotiations to deliver top- and bottom-line category growth
Builds long-term relationships by creating value, opportunities for growth, customer acquisition, and brand-building for multiple vendors
Increases vendor participation through deep knowledge of program opportunities

BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Dives deep into inputs and understands the downstream impact of changes to pricing, selection, and convenience for multiple subcategories.
Owns the Retail P&L for multiple subcategories; develops plans that drive revenue and margin improvement for the business
Creates strategic and prioritized vendor marketing plan that maximizes margin dollars and customer experience
Audits all elements of multiple subcategory businesses
Creates long-term category solutions that automate or simplify category processes
Works with internal technical, cross-category, and tech teams to drive multi-system process changes

About the team
The GCC Other hard lines Vendor Management team manages the relationships with top vendors in the Home, Furniture, Tools, Sports, Major appliances & outdoors. We work with our external and internal stakeholders to add value to our customers and grow a sustainable business in the space. Other hardlines continues to be the growth engine for Amazon GCC Retail. Join a team where collaboration and customer obsession are highly valued.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Dubai, ARE

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor\'s degree
Professional experience negotiating with vendors/suppliers and influencing internal and external stakeholders
Proficiency with Excel and data analysis

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor\'s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Statistics, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain or Engineering
Marketing experience, a feel for customer needs, as well as a high degree of innovative prowess
Proficiency with SQL

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