Senior Vendor Manager, EU Pets

Amazon EU SARL (UK Branch); London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global e-commerce company in London is seeking a Senior Vendor Manager to develop its categories and vendor relationships in the Consumables division. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, relationship management, and organizational skills. Responsibilities include managing vendor relationships, conducting financial analyses, and coordinating cross-functional projects. Candidates with experience in account management and proficiency in Excel are preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in account management, project/program management, or buying.
• Experience using data to influence business decisions.
• Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Act as the ‘business owner’ for your category.
• Manage all key vendor relationships in your category.
• Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Relationship management

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

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Do you want to help us build the future of Amazon’s EU Stores business in the Consumables division? Are you interested in working in a high impact role and with exposure to senior leaders? The EU Pets team is looking for a Senior Vendor Manager (SVM) to develop its categories and vendor relationships across EU.

To achieve success in this role, you will have strong analytical, relationship management and organizational skills. You will also be comfortable picking up new technologies. You'll be an analytics expert, identifying problem areas and then creating plans to find resolutions, with the ability to pick up new skills quickly. You'll have strong communication skills and a proven track record of building positive working relationships.

Key job responsibilities
• Act as the ‘business owner’ for your category, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact your business (forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the business, along with responsibility for driving projects and promotions to achieve business objectives).
• Manage all key vendor relationships in your category - manage supplier/partner contracts, manage day-to-day relationships, and negotiate and secure funding.
• Understand the industry, seasonality and business trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments.
• Identify selection expansion opportunities and work with partner teams to onboard new brands to Amazon.
• Have an understanding of the customer needs, both existing and potential, and use that knowledge to advocate for and improving the shopping experience.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external teams, while meeting tight deadlines.
• Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targets.
• Seek out ways to automate & simplify manual processes.

A day in the life
Deep dive analytics into financial reporting on business performance.

Engaging with vendor partners to develop their business with Amazon.

Working cross-functionally to develop customer growth projects.

Leading negotiations.

Partnering with AVS-Brand Specialists leading the day-to-day vendor relationship to keep us on track to deliver the Vendor Improvement Plan (VIP).

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree, or experience in a professional field or military
- Experience with Excel
- Experience in account management, project/program management, or buying
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience with business analysis and P&L management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Ability to communicate in more than one European language is a plus (not required)