Senior Category Manager, Premium Beauty, GCC Consumables

Afaq Q Tech General Trading; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a Senior Vendor Manager to enhance its Premium Beauty category. In this dynamic role, you will develop and own strategies that foster strong vendor partnerships and drive profitability. With a focus on customer experience, your analytical skills and leadership presence will be key in managing relationships with high-profile brands. Join a team that is dedicated to reinventing the shopping experience and delivering best-in-class service. If you are passionate about creating exceptional shopping experiences and have a background in account management or business analytics, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in account management or project management.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use data for decision making.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with Premium Beauty brands and drive customer experience.
• Develop strategies for category management and profitability.

Skills

Account Management

Project Management

Business Analysis

Negotiation Skills

Data Analysis

Cross-Team Collaboration

Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

5+ years of professional experience

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 KSA is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working and creative candidate to join as a Senior Vendor Manager.

The Senior Vendor Manager will be responsible for developing and owning the strategy for categories at Amazon. Within this role, the individual will have the opportunity to establish and maintain strong vendor partnerships, manage category profitability, and identify means to improve the customer experience. We are seeking a seasoned business leader with a broad skill-set which demonstrates analytical horsepower, ability to lead and motivate a team, 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 vendors 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, negotiations and operations are required.

Key job responsibilities

1. Unblocking Holdout brands in Premium Beauty and onboarding them on Amazon.
2. Manage CXO level relationships with Premium Beauty brands.
3. Build Joint business plans and deliver on topline and bottomline growth.
4. Be custodian of Customer experience in Premium Beauty and drive Best in class CX for SA customers.

About the team

GCC Consumables team is an exciting place to work where we are focused on reinventing the shopping experience for Everyday Essentials in GCC, offering the largest selection and best customer experience to become the most trusted Everyday Essentials Shopping destination. We are a team of industry and Amazon experts whose sole priority is to deliver best in class experiences for our customers and selling partners while nurturing a welcoming and trusting environment for one another.

Minimum Requirements

1. 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience.
2. Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience.
3. Experience using data to influence business decisions.
4. Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration.
5. Experience with business analysis and P&L management.
6. Arabic Speaker with experience in the field of Premium or Luxury Beauty.

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