Jobs in Chatham Kent, Canada

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 with any of these hubs.

The Senior Vendor Manager 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 collaborating 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.

1. Acting as the business owner for their vendor in their respective categories, with a comprehensive understanding of internal and external variables impacting the business.
2. Owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding, and reporting on the vendor, along with responsibility for driving strategic supply chain projects and promotions to achieve business objectives.
3. Proactively negotiating costs, promotional opportunities, and other business inputs for the vendor.
4. Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margins.
5. Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for strategic brands.
6. Optimizing the online presence and content of each product in the brand's portfolio.
7. Developing and executing marketing plans to increase awareness and purchases for the brand.
8. Driving cross-category initiatives to improve operational processes and deliver results.

• 5+ years of experience with Excel
• 5+ years of product management, business management/consulting, or retail experience with negotiations and delivering results
• Experience with pricing and selection strategy
• Bachelor's degree

• Experience managing large data sets and utilizing them to drive performance and process improvements
• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development
• MBA (or relevant PhD) highly preferred

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