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Form of workAmazon Canada Entertainment Media team is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, hard-working, analytical and creative candidate to join our Home Entertainment 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 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 set of strategic vendors 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.
Vendor Manager roles are in the General Management career path at Amazon. The general management career path offers the opportunity for advancement into a variety of roles including Marketing/Merchandising, Vendor Management, Product Management and Inventory Management.
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.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
