Vendor Manager – Amazon Fresh

DescriptionAmazon Fresh team is looking for a bright, customer-obsessed, data-driven candidate with vendor negotiation, analytical and organizational skills. You will play a key role in helping us achieve our growth objectives by delivering a step change in performance for our Grocery business, improving the customer offer, expanding product selection and deepening relationships with some of our largest suppliers in ES. We expect the VM to be a passionate customer and category advocate within Amazon, with proven ability to negotiate complex business terms, develop and manage relationships, drive results and demonstrate competency with business and financial analytics. The VM must be an effective leader and communicator in working with some of Amazon’s most important partners and vendors, as well as with internal cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a passion for retail and a high level of flexibility and commitment

The candidate possesses experience in buying, marketing and/or finance, with a track record of successful relationship management, strong analytical acumen, and experience generating and managing reporting and analysis. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who will take ownership of projects and business problems to deliver successful results. You must be a team player, be comfortable with ambiguity, communicate persuasively and be able to influence internal and external stakeholders of all levels. Great communication skills and understanding of Excel will be essential to your success.

Your Responsibilities Will Include The Following

• Manage relationships with some of our largest vendors and set and drive strategic priorities such as Lifecycle Management planning, profitability, cross functional marketing planning, and optimizing logistics set ups to deliver lower landed costs
• Plan and deliver annual and ongoing terms negotiation improvements
• Monitor and research industry and competitive trends to make sure that Amazon is offering the best for the customer.
• Develop strategic selection plans for Grocery categories
• Build and manage promotional strategy for your vendors, deliver product differentiation for customers and analyze and communicate vendor performance.
• Seek out ways to automate & simplify manual processes in order to improve productivity

Basic Qualifications

• Fluent in English and Spanish
• University degree required ideally in economics, management, engineering or an analytical discipline
• 5+ years experience in e-Commerce or Retail, Finance or Consulting environment
• Proven negotiation skills and ability to influence others in a business setting
• Outstanding analytical skills, as demonstrated through prior roles held, and experience in P&L management, planning and forecasting
• Strong communication skills, written and verbally
• Technical aptitude and agility to master Amazon tools and processes

Preferred Qualifications

• E-Commerce / Retail experience in FMCG
• SQL experience
• MBA preferred

Company – Amazon EU SARL (Spain Branch)

Job ID: A1746963