Category Manager IN Luggage

Amazon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Luggage Category team in India is seeking a Category Manager to own and scale key category initiatives, balancing bold thinking with fast experimentation. You will work with senior stakeholders across borders, using data-driven decision making to influence business outcomes.

The role emphasizes independent problem-solving, strong writing, ownership, and leadership experience in cross-functional projects. Experience in category/business development and P&L management is preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in category/business development, retail or buying
• Master's degree required
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
• Experience with business analysis and P&L management

Responsibilities

• Own and drive scale-up of luggage category initiatives and critical customer-focused programs.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across borders and with cross-functional teams to move initiatives forward.
• Use data to influence business decisions and measure impacts on performance.
• Demonstrate ownership, persistence, and leadership in managing projects in a evolving space.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication/writing

Problem solving

Data-driven decisions

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

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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