Category Manager, IN Luggage

Amazon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Category Manager to own and drive scale-up of the Luggage category and key customer-focused initiatives. You will balance ambitious thinking with speed, work with senior stakeholders across borders, and execute data-driven decisions with independence.

The role demands strong analytical skills, ownership, and leadership experience in projects, as well as the ability to navigate evolving structures in a new space while delivering measurable results.

Qualifications

• Experience using data to influence business decisions.
• Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration.
• Experience with business analysis and P&L management.

Responsibilities

• Independent problem-solving with strong ownership and persistence.
• Demonstrate voice and strong writing skills for clear communication with stakeholders.
• Proven leadership experience in managing projects and driving results.
• Adapt to evolving structure in a new space while delivering impact.

Skills

Category management

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Description

The Luggage Category team in India is looking for a Category Manager to own and drive scale-up of categories and critical customer-focused initiatives. The person who joins this team must share our passion and commitment for serving customers while also making Amazon a preferred partner. S/he must be able to balance thinking big, working with ambiguity while driving speed of experimentation. We are looking for self-starters with strong analytical skills and result-orientation who can make and execute independent, data-driven decisions and work with senior stakeholders across borders, both internally and externally.

Key job responsibilities

The successful candidate for this critical role will have strengths in independent problem-solving and working around constraints, demonstrate great “voice” and strong writing skills, show strong ownership and persistence, have proven leadership experience in managing projects, and be comfortable with evolving structure in a new space.

Basic qualifications

• 5+ years of category/business development, retail or buying experience

• Master's degree

• Experience using data to influence business decisions

• Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration

• Experience with business analysis and P&L management

Preferred qualifications

• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

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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