Amazon Hiring for Category Manager, Amazon at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full Time

Amazon India – Furniture team is seeking a customer-obsessed Category Manager, to own the P&L responsibilities of one of the fastest growing categories at Amazon.

The Category Manager will be the end to end business leader for his/her portfolio and will be responsible for owning the strategy and driving execution for growth and profitability of the business.

Within this role, the individual will bring in the relevant assortment, design targeted promotions, establish and maintain strong brand/ vendor partnerships and identify means to improve customer experience.

We are seeking a business leader with a broad skill-set which demonstrates analytical horsepower, 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. You will work with brands of all sizes and must have the leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels of these organizations. Experience in business analytics, strategic thinking, and negotiations are required.

Key job responsibilities

• Assortment/ selection planning in partnership with sellers/ brands
• Driving traffic, conversion and margin improvements
• Identifying key customer needs and working with internal stakeholders to deliver top notch customer experience.
• Performing dive deeps into the multiple elements that govern the growth and profitability of the category
• Maintaining brand relationships and driving negotiations to meet customer needs

The successful candidate for this critical role will have strengths in independent problem-solving and working around constraints, demonstrate great “voice” and strong writing skills, show strong ownership and persistence, have proven leadership experience in managing projects, and be comfortable with evolving structure in a new space.

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

Bengaluru, KA, IND

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, category management and product development

Company – ASSPL – Karnataka

Job ID: A2576679