Senior Vendor Manager, EU Grocery - #1694598

Description

Growing our Everyday Essentials offering is a strategic priority for Amazon. EU Grocery is at the forefront of this mission, enabling customers to find the food and drink items they love at great prices and convenience.

We are looking for someone passionate about fast moving consumer goods to join our team as a Senior Vendor Manager, and drive the growth of our Grocery business across the EU.

[b]Although London/Manchester is preferred - this position can be based in any of the Amazon EU Retail locations - Paris, Milan, Madrid, Munich.

Key job responsibilities

The Successful Candidate Must Be Able To

  • Manage vendor relationships, negotiating to improve terms, solve problems, and oversee the day to day running of key accounts
  • Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targets
  • Build a thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality and global trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments
  • Work cross-functionally with counterparts across strategic supply chain management, marketing, finance, Ads, Amazon programs, and retail systems to operate and grow the business
  • Concisely represent your business to senior Amazon leaders through reporting, business reviews, financial planning sessions, and escalations
  • Continually improve and automate manual processes to enable you and your team to scale as the business grows

Basic Qualifications

  • Experience with business analysis and P&L management
  • Experience in account management, project/program management, or buying
  • Experience using data to influence business decisions
  • Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
  • Experience with Excel
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in a professional field or military
  • Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, computer science, data science, engineering, or other related field
  • MBA

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