Associate Vendor Specialist

5 hours ago

Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Full time

The Associate Vendor Specialist works within Amazon Vendor services (AVS), which is a B2B service that aims to help strategic vendor partners grow their business with Amazon. As an Associate Vendor Specialist, you will gain 360-degree exposure to all e-commerce related areas that directly affect long term and short -term strategic growth metrics for key vendors. You will act as a consultant driving success growth metrics on a daily basis, and ensure the vendor’s experience of AVS demonstrates our customer obsession. The Associate Vendor Specialist will also work with multiple internal teams and management to grow and improve the vendor's success at Amazon. Some of the multiple internal teams include merchandising/marketing, new product launch teams, Category leads, pricing, Finance and supply chain. This role is strategic, operational and tactical in nature.

Key job responsibilities
• Core Service: Use your knowledge in deep data analytics to identify industry opportunities and provide recommendations to improve overall business performance through the use of Amazon programs to drive long term benefit for Amazon and the vendor. Provide actionable insights to vendors that support decision making and business advancement.
• Relationship management: Serve as the primary liaison between the Vendor and Amazon whilst ensuring all material and interactions with vendors are of a standard that earns trust and transitions relationships into long term partnerships.
• Availability & Operational Excellence: Drive supply-chain operational excellence initiatives by optimizing existing processes, managing defects, lead times, and by managing stock to ensure availability for customers.
• Promotion & Funding: Provide recommendations for the vendor’s marketing and advertising campaigns to promote new products, increase traffic and improve conversion. Plan, implement and manage promotional activities for Amazon events where you will help your vendor to generate sales. On top of that, you will work closely with Amazon Advertising to explore further marketing opportunities that exist.
• Ranging: Help grow range by managing the launch of new products, expanding local range availability on the platform and improving discoverability on the platform. You will identify product gaps, onboard the new products and be responsible for product growth.
• Store data quality management: Deliver a good customer journey on Amazon (i.e.: performing regular online store checks, competitor benchmarking, create enhanced content on detail pages, quality product visibility, accurate product descriptions, etc.)
• Problem solving: Detail and implement a clear action plan that enables vendor growth under AVS. Further adapt service offerings to assess and meet vendor and Amazon business demands.
• Project management: Deliver a project that adds value to the vendor and/ or Amazon community.
• Team player: actively participate in Amazon team led initiatives that advance the progression of the Amazon store, customer experience in South Africa.
The role offers a unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer. The Associate Vendor Specialist role within AVS offers an opportunity for greater responsibility and advancement into a variety of roles including Merchandising, Vendor Management and Inventory Management.
- Bachelor's degree
- 2+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience- Demonstrated success in negotiations, influencing abilities and relationship management.
- Able to work in an entrepreneurial start up type of environment
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and lead initiatives that enhance vendor engagement.
- Able to solve problems and initiate projects that lead to measurable positive business impact
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to communicate complex data and simplify information into clear action- oriented steps.
- Experience analyzing data to support business decisions.
- Able to prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Able to initiative projects and see them through from start to finish

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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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