Brand Specialist Team Leader, AVS (Amazon Vendor Services)

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global eCommerce platform in Dubai is seeking a Brand Specialist Team Lead. This role involves managing Vendor Services, driving vendor relationships, and delivering significant business impact. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and relevant experience in account management, project management, or market research. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment and be committed to developing team skills and vendor satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 3 years of account management, project or program management, or buying experience.
• 2 years of market research, analyst, product manager or equivalent experience.
• Experience in financial analysis, retail buying, marketing, or e-commerce.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Brand Specialists and oversee joint business plans.
• Partner with Vendor Managers to define priorities according to vendor needs.
• Drive adoption of tools to improve team productivity.

Skills

Account management

Project management

Market research

Cross-team collaboration

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s biggest selection. Amazon strives to be Earth’s most customer‑centric company where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want, low prices, vast selection and convenience, Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world‑class eCommerce platform.

Amazon is looking for a Brand Specialist Team Lead to manage Amazon Vendor Services (AVS). Amazon Vendor Services are a suite of services designed to help Amazon’s most strategic vendors grow and deliver the best customer experience by working across all key retail levers (e.g., selection availability, operational efficiency, catalog quality and marketing). The service is delivered primarily through Brand Specialists assigned to specific vendors. Amazon has an ambitious vision for the future of this service, focusing on business impact for vendors and the categories’ operational scalability and vendor satisfaction.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with Vendor Managers and key retail category functions to define priorities and operational goals according to vendor needs.
• Own the relationship with the most important vendors subscribed to the AVS service.
• Define joint business plans and deliver impact to the vendors you own directly.
• Manage a team of Brand Specialists owning the joint business plans for a large pool of vendors and deliver significant business impact.
• Audit metrics regularly to continually drive quality of vendor and employee experience across multiple subcategories.
• Work with the AVS team to drive adoption of tools and offshore processes and drive productivity within your team.
• Define the skills required within the team to support your vendors with specific problematics.
• Develop the right skillsets within the team and allocate resources to vendors.
• Grow and develop people into a talent pool for Amazon.

Required Experience

• 3 years of account management, project or program management, or buying experience.
• 2 years of market research, analyst, product manager or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of doing one of several roles: quantitative/financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, pricing, marketing or e‑commerce experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience driving internal cross‑team collaboration.
• 3 years of doing one of several roles: management consulting, investment banking, analyst/associate or brand manager role at a leading consumer packaged goods company.
• Experience in financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, marketing, business development, consulting, negotiation or supply chain.

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