Senior Vendor Manager, Pet Products, Amazon CA

Amazon; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Canada team seeks a Senior Vendor Manager to optimize business operations within the Pet Products team. This role focuses on vendor management and internal collaboration to enhance supply chain efficiency. Candidates should possess 5+ years of relevant experience, particularly in account or project management, and be adept with data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of account management, project or program management.
• 5+ years of experience with Excel.
• Experience using data to influence business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the business owner for the vendor.
• Owning forecasting and reporting on the vendor.
• Proactively negotiating costs and promotional opportunities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Vendor management

Cross-team collaboration

Excel

Business analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Access

SQL

Job description

Job ID: 3005245 | Amazon.com.ca, ULC - A49

Amazon's Canada team is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, hard-working, analytical and creative candidate to join our Pet Products team. You will work directly with a portfolio of strategic vendor partners to develop their business, acting as a liaison and executing a joint business plan.

The team operates across several hub cities including Seattle, Arlington, and Toronto. This role has the flexibility to align to any of these hubs.

The Senior Vendor Manger position offers an exciting introduction to our online retail business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work directly with a strategic vendor to grow their business and optimize their supply chain while working with multiple internal teams and management. The Senior Vendor Manager will develop skills and work across all three functional areas (In-stock, Vendor Management, and Site Merchandising) to grow and improve their vendor's success at Amazon.

Key job responsibilities
- Acting as the business owner for his or her vendor in their respective categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business.
- Owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the vendor, along with responsibility for driving strategic supply chain projects and promotions to achieve business objectives.
- Proactively negotiating costs, promotional opportunities, and other business inputs for the vendor.
- Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin.
- Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for the strategic brands.
- Optimizing the online presence and content of each product on the brand's portfolio.
- Developing and executing marketing plans to drive awareness and purchases for the brand.
- Driving cross-category initiatives to improve the operational process and deliver results.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience with business analysis and P&L management
- Bachelor's degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

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