Vendor Manager - Imports, Vendor Manager- Imports
Additionally, you will increase product category sales, by driving store marketing promotions, negotiating partners to improve selection, and reacting to industry-related economic trends.
You will have excellent verbal and written communication, the ability to analyze and communicate complex terms and margin structure and work well across other teams including Retail, Finance and Inventory Management. Candidates who are organized, flexible, creative, analytical, and able to drive negotiations through completion will be highly appreciated.Strong ownership values, a real passion for innovation, and hustle are also key to succeed in this position.
If you are passionate about e-commerce and career growth, this opportunity with Amazon.com.br is for you!
Key job responsibilities
Retail Managers focus on and act at the intersection of customers, vendors, and functional teams:
CUSTOMERS: They rely on specialized teams for customer and category information and insights, and works with and influences other teams to get the category-specific customer needs addressed. The Retail Manager is responsible to hold category-specific knowledge about customers and their needs, emerging product trends and the market segment evolution, and new business opportunities.
VENDORS: RM are the ultimate owners of the vendor relationship, with a direct focus on the top vendors that drive the vast majority of sales. They are directly responsible for auditing and escalating performance, improving overall terms and cost structures of the relationship by means of negotiation, and for developing long term partnerships with new and existing vendors to drive topline and selection fueling category growth.
CENTRAL AND FUNCTIONAL TEAMS: As a business owner, the RM represents customer and business needs in interaction with central teams, projects and initiatives.The Retail Manager drives central teams for the evolution of customer-facing and internal systems to improve the customer experience from the category perspective.At the same time, they implements centrally driven initiatives within the category to drive CX or cost improvements, even more important prioritize based on impact and potential tradeoffs, and if need be pushing back on selected initiatives.
A day in the life
Vendor Managers manage inputs by driving selection, securing great prices and increasing convenience/speed to accelerate Amazon’s flywheel.- - Team management experience;
- - Account management, project or program management or buying experience;
- - Experience with vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion or inventory management;
- - Master's degree;
- - Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL;
- - Experience using data to influence business decisions;
- - Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration;
- - Experience with business analysis and P&L management.- 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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