Vendor Manager Senior Associate

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd Full time

Bachelor Degree

Amazon is hiring a Vendor Manager (VM) to improve the experience for our customers in Africa.
The Vendor Manager position offers an exciting introduction to our on-line retail business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work directly with strategic and large vendors to grow their business through various levers including merchandising/marketing, new product launches, pricing, inventory management, and supply chain optimization. The VM will also work with multiple internal teams and management as they grow and improve their sub category and vendor's success at Amazon. This role will be both strategic and tactical.
Key job responsibilities
**The Vendor Manager role will be responsible for the following**:

- Acting as the ‘business owner’ for their sub categories and vendors, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business
- Owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on subcategory and applicable vendors, 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 — autonomously
- Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin
- Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for subcategory and strategic brands
- Optimizing the online presence and content of each product on the brand's portfolio
- Developing and executing marketing plans in order to drive awareness and purchases for the subcategory and brands
- Driving cross-category initiatives to improve operational process and deliver results

The role offers a unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer and to develop strong functional skills in online merchandising/ marketing, buying, planning and forecasting, pricing, and business analysis. VM roles offer opportunity for greater responsibility and advancement into a variety of roles including Merchandising, Senior Vendor Management and Inventory Management.
- 4+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience



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