Vendor Manager, PC Devices, Amazon Canada Hardlines

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive Vendor Manager to enhance vendor relationships and drive growth within the PC Devices category. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage with top manufacturers and utilize analytical skills to inform strategic decisions. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, leveraging strong communication and project management abilities to optimize product performance. Join a collaborative team dedicated to making the online shopping experience exceptional for customers, while developing your skills in merchandising, marketing, and business analytics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Excel experience and 5+ years in retail or business management.
• Experience in financial analysis and P&L ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead key categories and brand relationships in the PC Devices industry.
• Manage vendor negotiations, inventory optimization, and product launches.

Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Quantitative Analytics

Detail Oriented

Stakeholder Management

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Professional or Military Experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Amazon Canada's Hardlines team is seeking a self-driven Vendor Manager candidate. Vendor managers work directly with vendors to improve value, selection and convenience for customers across their business. They play a critical role in managing strategic and established brands to drive profitability and topline performance for their category.

The ideal candidate would have the following skills:
· Strong oral and written communication
· Project and stakeholder management
· Proven ability to multi-task
· Quantitative analytics
· Detail Oriented
· Thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced environment

The candidate will use customer obsession and analytics to inform creative solutions to drive their business. The Vendor Manager will have the opportunity to engage with multiple internal teams to optimize product line performance for key manufacturers (vendors) on Amazon.ca. They will utilize strong communication skills to collaborate with internal cross-functional partners, such as site merchandising, buying, pricing, inventory management, operations, online marketing, and finance to drive performance for our Amazon.ca vendor partners.

This position provides the candidate an opportunity to execute analytical deeps dives that help inform category growth strategies and initiatives. In addition to gaining vendor management experience, this candidate will have exposure in driving category growth. Amazon.ca Vendor Managers get the unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer, while developing strong functional skills in online merchandising/marketing, buying, planning/forecasting, pricing, and business analytics.

Key job responsibilities
This role is responsible for leading key categories and brand relationships in the PC Devices industry for Amazon.ca and driving growth of the business. It includes building strong vendor and brand relationships, contract negotiations, selection and catalog, inventory optimization, forecast generation, product launches, pricing, and conducting detailed analysis to identify opportunities to drive growth for the vendor and Amazon.ca.

In this role, you will be managing top ingredient vendors (Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, etc.) along with directly working with PC Laptops manufacturers. The role will include building a strategic roadmap by partnering with key PC Devices manufacturers.

As the P&L owner, you will also work cross functionally with other product, marketing, and operations teams across Amazon to raise the bar on customer experience.

About the team
The PC Devices team is a team of 5 based across North America (Seattle, Vancouver, and Toronto). We are responsible for buying and planning for PC devices category (Laptops, Chromebooks, Desktops, and Tablets). Our vision is to make Amazon the preferred destination for customers by offering them right selection, pricing, and merchandising. We work collaboratively with partner teams (finance, marketing, instock, etc.) and have regular connect with senior leadership on business deliverables and strategic alignment.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
- Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 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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