Amazon Vendor Services

1 week ago

Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Full time

DESCRIPTION

Amazon.co.za launched in South Africa in 2024 It is an exciting time to be part of a team that will continue to innovate to bring value, convenience, and delight to our customers around the world, and now to South Africa.

The Associate 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 Associate Vendor Manager will also work with multiple internal teams and management as they grow and improve their vendor's success at Amazon. This role will be both strategic and tactical.

Key job responsibilities
The Associate vendor specialist (AVS) role will be responsible for the following:

- Acting as the ‘business owner’ for their vendors, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business
- Owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on vendor, 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 the 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 brand
- 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. Vendor Specialist roles offer opportunity for greater responsibility and advancement into a variety of roles including Merchandising, Vendor Management and Inventory Management.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or min 3-year Diploma
- Minimum 2 years working Experience in either of the following areas: Account management/Customer Development, Buying, Business Management, Business Consulting, Project Management, Financial Analysis and/or Marketing.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

- 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

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