Amazon's Canada team is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, hard-working,
analytical and creative candidate to join our Pet Products team. You will work
directly with a portfolio of strategic vendor partners to develop their
business, acting as a liaison and executing a joint business plan.
The team operates across several hub cities including Seattle, Arlington, and
Toronto. This role has the flexibility to align to any of these hubs.
The Vendor Manger position offers an exciting introduction to our online retail
business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work
directly with a strategic vendor to grow their business and optimize their
supply chain while working with multiple internal teams and management. The
Vendor Manager will develop skills and work across all three functional areas
(In-stock, Vendor Management, and Site Merchandising) to grow and improve their
vendor's success at Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
- Acting as the business owner for his or her vendor in their respective
categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external
variables that impact the business.
- Owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the vendor,
along with responsibility for driving strategic supply chain projects and
promotions to achieve business objectives.
- Proactively negotiating costs, promotional opportunities, and other business
inputs for the vendor.
- Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives
that optimize profit margin.
- Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for the strategic brands.
- Optimizing the online presence and content of each product on the brand's
portfolio.
- Developing and executing marketing plans to drive awareness and purchases for
the brand.
- Driving cross-category initiatives to improve the operational process and
deliver results.
