Job Description
Worldwide Retail Growth and Development (WWRGD) owns Real Estate, Design, and Store Development across Worldwide Grocery Stores. We are responsible for bringing brick & mortar retail experiences to our customers across Amazon and Whole Foods Market banners and supporting the Worldwide Grocery Logistics network.
WWRGD is looking for a Senior Program Manager who is customer obsessed, experienced with retail program management, and proven ability to Think Big and Dive Deep. This Senior Program Manager will support the Growth & Innovation team with developing new store concepts and innovating the existing retail portfolio for Worldwide Grocery Stores. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting a concept, with a focus on launching successful new experiences and/ or retail stores. This candidate will have a track record of earning trust, leading with influence, and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Growth & Innovation, this role will be a part of a small, agile team dedicated to strategic innovation, new store concepts, and evolving the current portfolio of retail stores. This role must be adept at tactical execution and willing to dive deep to shepherd leaders' visions into reality. This individual will be a master collaborator, comfortable working cross-functionally with business stakeholders, real estate, and senior leaders to align on requirements for new concepts. Cross-team coordination, program management, understanding of retail financials and fundamentals and executive presentation skills are essential as this role will be balancing multiple priorities and coordinating across multiple levels of leadership.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead the production of new store concept business plans and go-to-market strategies.
- Work closely with Real Estate Research to determine opportunity size of future concept versions and understand ROI.
- Coordinate with Finance to create financial plans/pro forma.
- Set KPIs to measure success of new store concepts or initiatives post-launch.
- Collaborate cross-functionally across business stakeholders to set product vision and roadmaps.
- Support Growth & Innovation leader to innovate the current portfolio and set up a mechanism to roll out updates in a systematic and cost-effective manner.
- Implement systems ensuring strong follow-up management occurs on action items and questions with relevant senior leaders.
- Drive Senior Manager, Growth & Innovation focus and attention to key bottlenecks, identifying potential solutions and leading implementation.
- Manages projects with high levels of ambiguity and complexity, frequently navigating change.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Austin, TX |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
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Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Skills
- Business Planunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Customer Experienceunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Planningunmatched
- Grocery Storesunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Logisticsunmatched
- Market Entry Strategyunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Performance Metricsunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Product Planningunmatched
- Product/Service Launchunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Real Estateunmatched
- Retailunmatched
- Retail Managementunmatched
- Return on Investment (ROI)unmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
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