Vendor Manager, ABServ Service Vendors

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of B2B solutions, where you will play a pivotal role as a Vendor Manager. This dynamic position offers the opportunity to shape strategies for high-growth vendors, ensuring they meet the highest standards while collaborating with various teams across the organization. If you're passionate about driving innovation and building lasting relationships, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a rapidly expanding business segment. Embrace the challenge of transforming the procurement landscape and unlock new potentials for business customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in retail or operations management with a focus on results.
• Experience in vendor negotiations and managing large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute vendor business development plans with stakeholders.
• Lead operational aspects and drive business improvements.

Skills

Excel

Negotiation

Financial Analysis

Data Management

Operations Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

3+ years of professional or military experience

Job description

Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $25 billion dollar global business. At Amazon Business Services, we stand at the intersection of tech and retail in the B2B space, developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions for organizations of all sizes - from individual proprietors to global enterprises. We set out every day to disrupt the status quo by delivering efficient solutions that help businesses reimagine buying. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced, quickly growing business segment within Amazon. We're looking for an experienced VM with a record of achieving results, who can bring their insight, imagination, and a healthy disregard for the impossible. If you're passionate about building new businesses, solving complex problems, and developing new capabilities for our business customers, join us in unlocking Amazon Business's potential worldwide.

As a Vendor Manager you will own defining the short and long-range strategy of new, high growth vendors who are providing services to the largest B2B customers at Amazon Business. You will be responsible for identifying vendor priorities, supporting expansion opportunities, establishing success criteria and ensuring our vendors perform to the highest standards to scale the business. You will work closely with Customer, Product, and Operations team members to drive alignment toward our goals. This high visibility role will require Senior Executive communication and influencing while working with stakeholders across Retail, Operations, HR, Tech and Finance.

If you are ready to build the ABServ business, break records, and create a lasting impact for customers and your team, this is the role for you.

Key job responsibilities

1. Build and execute vendor business development plan while working with key internal stakeholders (e.g., operations, marketing legal, tech).
2. Lead day-to-day operational aspects of the business, including gathering and addressing customer and vendor feedback, price management, and business improvement initiatives.
3. Setting goals and strategic direction for the business, ensuring alignment with broader business goals and vision.
4. Representing Amazon when meeting with senior executive teams from top vendors and building long term strategic relationships.
5. Generating and implementing big ideas to drive business improvements, innovation, and scale within the category and across the Retail business.
6. Leading cross functional collaboration on necessary systems and processes to support business needs, including retail systems, marketing, supply chain, advertising, merchandising, product, and tech.
7. Innovating and implementing new customer and vendor programs.

Minimum Qualifications

1. 3+ years of with Excel experience
2. 5+ years of retail, operations or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
3. Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
4. Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership
5. Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
6. Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development
7. Experience in Operations, specifically in logistics or field services

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $59,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $127,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit this link. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.