Category Manager, Home Entertainment

Amazon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon India seeks a smart Category Manager for Home Entertainment to own vendor relationships and category strategy. You will drive profitability, launches, and customer experience improvements at scale in a fast-paced market.

We value analytical thinking, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to lead with influence across brands, sellers, and cross-functional teams to win in a competitive e-commerce landscape.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Define strategies to deliver best-in-class customer experience while delivering sustainable growth in the category.
• Develop knowledge of supply/demand trends and success drivers of your category.
• Establish relationships and negotiate agreements/deals with leading manufacturers and brands.
• Drive new product launches and additions in the category.
• Collaborate with Sellers and merchandizing teams on promotions and marketing initiatives and coordinate with the Merchandising team to execute these activities.
• Collaborate with program/product teams to drive category objectives.
• Participate in day-to-day operational aspects of the category, including gathering and addressing customer feedback, business improvement initiatives.
• Be an ambassador within the industry and continuously enhance our position.

Skills

Excel

Negotiations

Data analysis

P&L ownership

Retail experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

3+ years professional/military exp

Job description

Description

Amazon India, is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working and creative Category Manager to join our team in the Home Entertainment GL.

The Category Manager will be responsible for developing and owning the strategy for some of our top vendor & seller relationships. Within this role, the individual will have the opportunity establish and maintain strong vendor partnerships, manage category profitability, and identify means to improve the customer experience. We are seeking a business leader with a broad skill-set which demonstrates analytical horsepower, excellent business judgment, strong vendor management and negotiations skills, deep curiosity to uncover how things work, and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. You will work with brands of all sizes and must have the leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels of these organizations. Experience in business analytics, strategic thinking, and negotiations are required.

Key job responsibilities

You should be able to:

Define strategies to deliver best-in-class customer experience while delivering sustainable growth in the category.

Develop knowledge of supply/ demand trends and success drivers of your category.

Establish relationships and negotiate agreements/deals with leading manufacturers and brands. Drive new product launches and additions in the category.

Collaborate with Sellers and merchandizing teams on promotions and marketing initiatives and coordinate with the Merchandising team to execute these activities.

Collaborate with program/product teams to drive category objectives.

Participate in day-to-day operational aspects of the category, including gathering and addressing customer feedback, business improvement initiatives.

Be an ambassador within the industry and continuously enhance our position.

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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