Vendor Manager, Amazon Fresh

• Masters degree ideally in a technical or analytical discipline
• Professional experience ideally in an online, retail, e-commerce or consulting environment
• Proven ability to influence others in a business setting
• Assertiveness, excellent communication skills.
• Outstanding analytical skills and experience in planning and forecasting
• Proven ability to use supporting tools and systems to deliver business improvements
• Passionate self-starter, decisive and able to move with speed to implement ideas
• Bias for action and results oriented mentality, combined with ability to work in a demanding but collegial environment where teamwork is a must
• Ability to solve problems with creative ideas and innovation
• Fluent English and Italian – both verbal and written

Amazon 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 Italy. We expect the SVM 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 SVM 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.

Key job responsibilities

• Onboarding new vendors and ensuring their growth all along the year.
• Manage a portfolio of vendors to drive growth and improve profitability.
• Analyse sales and key metrics to identify business opportunities.
• Provide recommendations to improve sales, margin and ASP.
• Manage and build comprehensive selection through strong vendor relationships.
• Monitor and research industry and competitive trends.
• Liaise with vendors and other operational departments to resolve product or supply-chain queries swiftly and accurately.
• Drive process improvements to enable scalable growth.

This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer and to develop and build strong functional skills in vendor management, planning and forecasting, and business analysis.

• Top tier degree
• Industry or consulting experience
• Multiple years of professional experience in a related field

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