Vendor Manager
2023-10-15
Full Time
Description
- 3+ years of with Excel experience
- 3+ 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
The Vendor Manager will interface directly with manufacturers and brands to build relationships and business opportunities. Within this role, the individual will establish and maintain strong vendor relationships, and manage a P&L. In addition, this position is expected to provide leadership across categories - driving systems, process, and customer experience improvements - that will benefit all customers at amazon.com.
Key job responsibilities
The successful Vendor Manager must be able to:
- Define a strategy for the business and break it down into actionable goals
- Understand drivers and opportunities of the category P&L
- Manage relationships with vendors
- Institute best practices and processes which can be replicated across all categories
- Lead change with cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders, while meeting tight deadlines
Cape Town, ZAF
- 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