VM - EU Fashion (Mat Cover), EU Luggage

VM - EU Fashion (Mat Cover), EU Luggage London, England

Amazon EU SARL (UK Branch)
Full Time London, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description

• A minimum of five to seven years of professional experience ideally in an online, retail, e-commerce or consulting environment with a proven track record of delivering results. • A minimum of two years’ experience in negotiations, influencing and vendor management. • Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills are essential. • Conducted financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability target. • Ability to think strategically and tactically, with excellent attention to detail. • Tenacity to develop ideas independently and ability to thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment. • Advanced experience with Excel (Must), or other analytical/Business Intelligence tools (Good to have). • Highly polished communication skills - speaking, writing, presenting and negotiating . • Ability to work in a diverse environment.

Come build the future with us in the exciting and fast evolving EU Ecommerce Fashion industry. Amazon’s Fashion team is looking for a talented Vendor Manager with proven experience in strategy, execution, negotiations, innovation, and P&L management that thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
The Vendor Manager is the owner of business relationships with our most strategic selling partners, and thus plays a vital role in building and sustaining multi-year strategic relationships with external vendors, driving growth and profit strategies, advancing automation and process improvements, and anticipating and responding to industry trends. Further responsibilities will be to coordinate Marketing/Advertising activities and to drive innovative projects to constantly improve the customer experience.
We are looking for a candidate with strong vendor management and negotiation skills, analytical horsepower, excellent business judgment, deep curiosity about how things work, and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. The candidate must be willing to challenge the status quo in order to improve existing workflows and processes to step change how we do business and delight our customers. This individual will work with Selling Partners of all sizes and represent Amazon in interactions at all levels of these organizations. Therefore, this individual must have excellent communication skills and be a strong influencer to drive joint progress on Selling Partner goals and Amazon priorities.

Key job responsibilities
  • Manage and build comprehensive selection strategies utilizing industry supply chain conditions and market trends, and mitigating risks through procurement term structure. This requires the VM to be solution-oriented & able to integrate strong and clear data analysis and business rationale into sound decision making
  • Negotiate best in class commercial terms and consistently audit Seller Partner P&L and business KPIs.
  • Deliver maximum product availability in the Apparel category through effective end-to-end management of the supply chain.
  • Have a thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality and business trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments
  • Build in depth understanding of customer needs, to advocate for and drive delivery of an unparalleled shopping experience for Amazon customers through project management
  • Develop and execute collaborative marketing and promotions strategies for your vendors.
  • Drive system/process improvements working with technical teams, vendor operations, and inventory management.
  • Cooperate and coordinate with cross-functional internal and external stakeholders, including dotted-lined management of external-facing service teams
  • Manage large scale catalogue selection, be solution-oriented & able to integrate strong and clear data analysis and business rationale into sound decision making.
  • Manage item/vendor set-up in various tools.

• An MBA from a leading business school is beneficial. • Industry sector-specific knowledge is not a prerequisite, though a passion for online retailing and the enthusiasm to quickly build up your knowledge of a new area are both essential. • An entrepreneurial way of thinking and a strong hands-on, results driven mentality, a great deal of personal initiative, creativity, decisiveness and team spirit. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial +44 800 086 9884 (tel:+448000869884). If calling from Ireland, please dial +353 1800 851 489 (tel:+3531800851489).

VM - EU Fashion (Mat Cover), EU Luggage
Amazon EU SARL (UK Branch)

https://www.aboutamazon.com/
Seattle, United States
Andrew Jassy
$10+ billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Internet & Web Services
1994
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