Amazon.com is looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working, and detail-oriented candidate to join the Home Improvement Vendor Management team. The Senior Vendor Manager will work across all functional retail areas to grow and improve their business.

Key job responsibilities
The Amazon Home Improvement team is looking for a dynamic Senior Vendor Manager to join our team. Being part of Home Improvement means partnering with a passionate group of retail leaders who set a high bar for success in an ever-changing environment. The Senior Vendor Manager will be responsible for building and managing a business, including creating, negotiating, and maintaining strong vendor relationships; innovating how we connect with and add value for customers; owning and driving the P&L (including reporting, unit, revenue, and margin growth); and working with stakeholder teams to deliver a better customer experience every day.

We are looking for a Senior Vendor Manager (SVM) to be a true Home Improvement Customer and category advocate within Amazon, with proven analytical capabilities, high attention to detail, and the ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task. You must be an effective negotiator, leader and communicator in working with some of Amazon’s most important partners and vendors, as well as with internal cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a passion for retail, a high level of flexibility and commitment. The successful Senior Vendor Manager must be able to:

• Define a strategy for the business and break it down into actionable goals
• Understand drivers and opportunities of the category P&L
• Create and Manage relationships with vendors
• Institute best practices and processes which can be replicated across all categories

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience with business analysis and P&L management
• 5+ years of with Excel experience

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA
• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
• Experience presenting to senior leadership
• sage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
• Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 121,200.00 - 163,900.00 USD annually