Associate Vendor Manager

Amazon; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global e-commerce company is seeking a Vendor Manager in Cape Town, South Africa. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in account or project management, with strong analytical and negotiation skills. Responsibilities include building strategic partnerships with vendors, managing profitability, and working with multiple internal teams. This dynamic role requires a Bachelor's degree and experience in online retail. Join a diverse workplace committed to innovation and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of account management, project or program management experience.
• Experience in online retail is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with a track record in vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Build long-term strategic partnerships with vendors.
• Manage profitability and optimize pricing.
• Work across multiple stakeholders to deliver project outcomes.

Skills

Account management

Project management

Analytical skills

Vendor management

Negotiation skills

Business judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Google Analytics

SQL

HTML

Job description

Amazon is hiring a Vendor Manager (VM) to improve the experience for our customers in South Africa. This role will work across various internal and external teams to evaluate the customer landscapes, and invent innovative approaches to solve ambiguous problems. Come and experience a company that reinvents itself every day and immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced, expanding and continuously inventing new efficiencies to offer great opportunities for our customers and for you!

Key job responsibilities

The VM will be responsible for building long term strategic partnerships with vendors, adding relevant selection, managing profitability, optimizing pricing, and scaling vendors within Amazon. The best candidate will have a broad skill-set including analytical horsepower, excellent business judgment, strong vendor management and negotiations skills, deep curiosity about how things work, and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. The position requires a talented vendor manager who can work autonomously in a fast paced, highly demanding and ambiguous environment. The successful candidate would possess great business judgment, with a track record of strong project delivery, commercial negotiations and relationship management along with deep analytical acumen. Additionally, this position involves working with multiple stakeholders (Finance, marketing, marketplace, legal, supply chain, operations among others).

Qualifications

The successful candidate would have the following qualifications:

• 2+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience using Excel and other business analytic tools
• Experience with software and editing tools (including HTML, Excel and SQL)
• Experience in online retail
• Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics, SQL or HTML

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

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