Senior Category Manager, Domestic

Appliances
Amazon · Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reposted 1 hour ago · Over 150 applicants

 Full-time Mid-Senior level

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About the job

Description

Amazon KSA is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working and creative Senior Vendor
Manager to join our Domestic Appliances business to be based out of Riyadh.

Amazon.sa offers a convenient, safe and enjoyable online shopping experience through a
trusted website featuring more than 1,000,000 products from international and local brands at
competitive prices.

The Senior Vendor Manager will be responsible for developing and owning the P&L and
strategy for one of the large categories for Amazon in KSA. Within this role, the individual
will have the opportunity to drive category growth, manage category profitability, and
identify means to improve the customer experience. We are seeking a seasoned individual
with a broad skill-set including strong analytical skills, excellent business judgment, strong
vendor management and negotiations skills, deep curiosity to uncover how things work, and a
passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. The candidate
should be ready to do on-ground work and work with cross-functional teams to get things
moving. He/she will work with vendors of all sizes and must have the leadership presence and
communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels
  JOB PURPOSE

In this role, a successful candidate will be an effective communicator and problem-solver, and
someone who is able to balance the needs and requirements of both Amazon and the strategic
supplier.

 JOB DESCRIPTION

Maintaining data quality for the product catalogue.

Building comprehensive brand destinations within Amazon.

Coordinating and creating launch plans for new products/brands/categories.

Managing site placements and promotions to coordinate with relevant suppliers the event
calendar if applicable.

Designing and executing targeted marketing campaigns if applicable in coordination with

Instock and Marketing/Merchandising team.

Providing reporting and success metrics for campaigns and merchandising activities.

Reviewing sales and key metrics to identify areas of opportunity to optimize sales and reach
new customers.

Management and responsibility of inventory levels.

Supplier’s management and engagement.

Manage inventory, open-to-buy, inventory health, item-level forecasting, assortment planning

Interact with operations teams and drive efficiencies through team collaboration

Manage inbound shipments: fill rate, SKUs, operational issues, lead time, quality, deviations.

Responsible for the category KPI’s

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Riyadh, SAU

Basic Qualifications

 5+ years of with Excel experience

 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying
experience
 Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
 Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
 Experience using data to influence business decisions
 Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
 Experience with business analysis and P&L management
Preferred Qualifications

 Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

Company - Afaq Q Tech General Trading

Job ID: A2442701

Posted on Aug 18, 2023