Senior Vendor Management Lead

4 weeks ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd Full time
Job Title: Senior Vendor Management Lead

Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd is seeking a highly skilled Senior Vendor Management Lead to join our team in South Africa. As a Senior Vendor Management Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of Associate Vendor Managers in delivering business results for our strategic vendors.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Partner with Vendor Managers and key retail category functions to define priorities and operational goals according to vendor needs.
  • Manage a team of Associate Vendor Managers owning the joint business plans for most strategic vendors and deliver significant business impact.
  • Coach and Train Associate Vendor Managers on Amazon mechanisms, processes, tools, and business topics.
  • Support the business by auditing daily business operations and drive the optimization of business metrics.
  • Audit metrics regularly to continually drive quality of vendor and employee experience across multiple sub-categories.
  • Own relevant business areas for your entire category, maximizing category results at scale.
  • Work with the Amazon AVS teams in other countries to shape the program through scaling and efficiency initiatives to drive productivity within your team.
  • Drive vendor adoption of Amazon programs.
  • Grow and develop people into a talent pool for Amazon.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • 7+ years of experience in Retail or a KPI-driven business/sales roles.
  • Experience leading multi-functional teams and developing people managers, in a fast-paced and data-driven environment.
  • Ability to both lead through a team as well as roll up sleeves and directly own work that delivers results.
  • Proven problem-solving skills and ability to influence people both internally and externally.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree.
  • Previous extended experience in retail, in fashion and consumer goods industries or in consulting (at least 3 years).

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.


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