Associate Vendor Manager IES MVR

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce company in Dubai is seeking an Associate Vendor Manager to recruit and manage new vendors. You will work in a dynamic environment, focusing on integrating vendors into the company's retail platform and enhancing business relationships. The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of relevant experience, a Bachelor's degree, and strong analytical skills. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of the company's retail operations in the region.

Qualifications

• 1 year of account management, project or program management, or buying experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience using Excel and other business analytics tools.
• Familiarity with software and editing tools including HTML, Excel, and SQL.
• Experience in online retail sector.

Responsibilities

• Identify and outreach to new vendors.
• Provide consultancy and insights to vendors.
• Act as an ambassador for Amazon.
• Analyze the performance of recruited vendors.
• Assist in improving recruiting and onboarding processes.

Skills

Account management

Project management

Business analytics

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Google Analytics

HTML

Job description

Job Overview

Amazon, one of the world’s leaders in e‑commerce, is expanding its Retail business and looking for a smart and ambitious Associate Vendor Manager based in Dubai. In this role you will enable new collaborations with vendors and help integrate their product portfolio into Amazon’s stores. You will operate in a fast‑paced, often ambiguous environment, taking full responsibility for achieving business objectives, engaging in projects that drive growth and shaping the future of Amazon Retail in the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Amazon is looking for a talented Associate Vendor Manager to join the Retail Vendor Recruitment (RVR) organization. As part of the retail organization the candidate will help recruit and be in charge of onboarding new vendors. Targeting the most relevant selection for our customers, you will recruit new vendors and make their selection available, close coordination with retail teams, and drive new vendors through all onboarding phases up to their first units shipped.

Key Responsibilities

Your objectives will be to build the best possible selection for our customers with the development of partnerships with new vendors. Your job will consist of prospecting, assessing, recruiting and integrating vendors for Amazon. Your day‑to‑day job you will be working on multiple prospects including:

• Identify prospect and reach out to new vendors, analyze their potential for Amazon. You will lead first steps by cold‑calling potential partners or attending commercial events and trade fairs and confidently explaining advantages and benefits of partnering with Amazon.
• Be a business consultant to new vendors and provide insights and advice for them being able to deal with different business profiles and sectors. Help new vendors to integrate their catalogue data into Amazon store master, Amazon’s internal tools and train vendors on how to use these tools.
• Be an ambassador of Amazon for the vendors, developing deep knowledge of their needs and success drivers.
• Plan, conduct, deliver and report analyses to understand the performance of recruited vendors.
• Help to develop and improve recruiting and onboarding processes, assist in removing any technical blockers and identifying technical improvement areas.

Qualifications

• 1 year of account management, project or program management or buying experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience using Excel and other business analytic tools.
• Experience with software and editing tools (including HTML, Excel and SQL).
• Experience in online retail.
• Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics, SQL or HTML.

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