Senior Vendor Manager, Pet Products, Amazon CA

Amazon; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Canada team seeks a Senior Vendor Manager for their Pet Products team. This role involves managing vendor relationships to optimize supply chain operations and requires strong analytical skills, with responsibilities across multiple functional areas. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in account management and a proven track record in data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of account management or project management experience.
• Experience using data to influence business decisions.
• Strong collaborative and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the business owner for vendor categories.
• Owning forecasting, monitoring, and reporting on vendor performance.
• Managing Purchase Orders and optimizing product presence online.

Skills

Excel

Account Management

Business Analysis

P&L Management

Data-Driven Decision Making

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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