Job Description
Interested in working on an innovative and high-impact business that is changing the way customers think about grocery? Our team focuses on creating exceptional shopping experiences that transform how customers discover and purchase perishable goods from Amazon. We"re passionate about building compelling assortment, optimizing the customer journey, and developing strategic partnerships with vendors to drive category growth.
We work in a collaborative environment where innovative thinking and strategic execution are highly valued. Our team strives to deliver exceptional value to customers while driving business results through data-driven decision making.
We are looking for a talented Protein Vendor Manager (VM), who will be responsible for managing vendor relationships across all Amazon banners and setting the strategic direction for their vendors. The ideal candidate possesses experience in buying, marketing and/or finance with a track record of successful relationship management, strong analytical acumen, and experience generating and managing data. Great communication skills and understanding of Excel will be essential to their success. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who will take ownership of projects and business problems to deliver results.
Key job responsibilities
Our environment is fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous. This requires someone who is flexible, detail-oriented, analytical and comfortable working with multiple teams, vendors, and other stakeholders.
A day in the life
- Drive strategic negotiations with vendors and represent Amazon when meeting with vendor partners and their leadership
- Develop long-term strategies and significantly influences cross-category plans - delivering on Amazon"s goals and objectives while obsessing over Customers
- Work cross functionally, both within Amazon and your assigned vendors
- Create opportunities for growth, customer acquisition and brand-building
- Audit metrics regularly, determine and prioritize business opportunities, identify risks and make recommendations to deliver results
- Identify industry trends and develop innovative marketing and merchandising initiatives to support growth
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| 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.
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
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
- Alliance/Partner Managementunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Audit Metricsunmatched
- Category Managementunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Consumer Brandingunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Customer Acquisitionunmatched
- Data Managementunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Establish Prioritiesunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Industry/Trade Analysisunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Marketingunmatched
- Merchandisingunmatched
- Negotiation Skillsunmatched
- Relationship Managementunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Sales Managementunmatched
- Strategic Planningunmatched
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)unmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Trend Analysisunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Planningunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
- Virtual Machine (VM)unmatched
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