Sr. Vendor Manager, Artist Merch
Amazon
Culver City, CAThis was removed by the employer on 3/31/2020 5:33:00 AM PST
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Amazon is looking for a driven, strategic, customer-centric business leader with experience owning a high growth business operation, to help grow our Merch business.
The successful candidate should have experience building strong relationships, driving significant top and bottom line results, and managing multiple responsibilities within a fast-paced environment. This role will work with content creators, strategic vendors, and brands across multiple categories including Softlines (Shoes, Apparel, Accessories) and Hardlines (Kitchen, Home, and Electronics). The candidate must have the leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels of our partners' organizations and be comfortable working with creative teams. The candidate must also possess strong analytical skills and be comfortable drawing metrics-based conclusions by leveraging and interpreting data while working with cross-functional teams across strategic, marketing, and operational business issues. The right candidate stays on top of the industry and competitive trends and can execute at both a strategic and tactical level to drive sales and margin growth while ensuring a best-in-class customer experience.
The ideal candidate has strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management. He/she will be able to define and drive long-term objectives and strategy for the business. Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail, and exceptional organizational skills are musts.
In this role you will:
• Identify new approaches for growing our merch selection, drive marketing initiatives to increase category awareness, and create processes to better manage the performance of the category over the long term
• Invent new ways to connect artists and their fans through merch initiatives
• Work with teams across Amazon to establish processes and tools that will help us scale our merch business
• Partner with our product management and technology teams to define the right artist and fan experience
• Build and optimize the P&L for merch
• Represent Amazon in meetings with senior industry executives
Qualifications
• 5 years experience in Account Management, Project/Program Management, or Buying
• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
• Relevant experience working in an apparel, fashion, or merch business
• Experience working with creative directors, visual designers, and manufacturers to create new products
• High threshold for working in an ambiguous, fast paced environment start-up like environment – figuring it out and adapting as you go
• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development
• Ability to think and lead in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with ''hands-on'' management of tasks, and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
• Ability to own, manage and speak to a P&L