Vendor Manager, Pet Products, Amazon

Amazon's Canada team; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading team in Amazon's Canada is seeking an experienced Vendor Manager to oversee a portfolio of strategic vendors in the Pet Products category. This full-time role is designed to optimize supply chain operations and enhance vendor success, requiring strong analytical skills and a background in retail operations.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience with Excel.
• 3 years of experience in retail operations, program management, or business management.
• Experience managing large datasets to drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the business owner for the vendor in their respective categories.
• Owning forecasting and monitoring the vendor performance.
• Developing and executing marketing plans for product awareness.

Skills

Excel

Vendor Negotiations

Pricing Strategy

Operational Process Improvement

Data Management

Job description

Amazons 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 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 Vendor Manager will develop skills and work across all three functional areas (In-stock Vendor Management and Site Merchandising) to grow and improve their vendors 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 brands 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.
• 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
• Experience with pricing and selection strategy
• 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

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Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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