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We are looking for a talented, smart, experienced and entrepreneurial Senior Category Manager for our office in Munich to join one of our grown Retail categories.
Help us build an exceptional shopping experience for our customers, drive vendor relationships to the next level and make sure that our top brands are well presented for our customers. While you fully own your local category, you will be also part of the EU team to leverage growth potentials and drive EU projects. As a Senior Category Manager, you will work together with all key stakeholders like B2B, Supply Chain Management, Advertising etc., in order to optimize your category’s performance/financials.
With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds and implement innovation. This is your chance to make history.
Your challenges:
· As Senior Category Manager you are a general manager for your product category. You will manage key vendors and drive the next phase of growth in your product line, owning all aspects of the business.
· You will create business plans for new opportunities and develop and execute project plans for the launch of new features, incorporating merchandising and pricing strategies.
· You will analyze data to identify the business relationship, initiate and grow long term relationships with brands’ senior management, resolve any operational, logistical or business issues, lead negotiations on Amazon’s behalf and manage the respective category.
· You will be managing projects to improve the customer shopping experience through better service, wider selection and faster availability.
· The performance of your category determines your success. You will analyze relevant KPIs and reports and derive measures to optimize your category. As such, you possess strong analytical acumen and are comfortable drawing metric-based conclusions by managing extensive amounts of data.
· As an effective leader and communicator, you will represent Amazon at all executive levels. At the same time, you will work closely with Amazon internal groups such as supply chain management, marketing, finance and operations with a European scope.
For this position, we expect:
· University degree in a business relevant field
· Multiple years of relevant senior level experience in retail, e-commerce, business management, key account management and/or consulting
· Experience in leading complex projects in a fast-paced environment
· Excellent English and German written and verbal communication skills
· Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management
· Demonstrated data-driven decision making or quantitative analysis skills
Further qualifications would be a plus:
· Experience in SQL
Are you interested? We look forward to receiving your application. Please submit your online application including your CV and covering letter in English.
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