Category Manager, PCA, Softlines 2

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

Job summary

Amazon India is seeking a Category Manager for the Personal Care Appliances Category to own and drive scale-up of the category and key customer-centric initiatives. The role requires balancing big thinking with execution, working through ambiguity, and delivering data-driven decisions while collaborating with senior stakeholders both internally and externally.

The successful candidate will demonstrate independent problem-solving, strong voice and writing skills, ownership, and leadership

Qualifications

• 3+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience.
• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive scale-up of categories and critical customer-focused initiatives.
• Work with senior stakeholders to make data-driven decisions and drive independent projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Project leadership

Data-driven decisions

Job description

Work hard. Have fun. Make history. At Amazon we expect no more and no less from you. Ever since Amazon opened its virtual doors, it has been the aim to become the most customer-centric company in the world. How is this achieved? By having people like you who make sure that customers find everything that they are looking for online – at great prices and convenience. Both Amazon and sellers who list their products on the site already offer millions of new and used items in a wide range of categories. And this is just the beginning. Come and experience a company that reinvents itself every day. Immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced, expanding and is continuously inventing new efficiencies and offering great opportunity for our customers and for you! Amazon is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working and creative candidate to join as a Category Manager for the Personal Care Appliances Category.

Key job responsibilities

The Personal Care Appliances 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 destination for beauty brands. 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, both internally and externally.

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, lead a team to deliver org goals, have proven leadership experience in managing projects, and be comfortable with evolving structure in a new space.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development

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