Are you passionate about Fashion and Technology? Does the idea of developing world class taxonomies to organize Amazon’s mammoth selection of Fashion products sound fun to you? On the EU Taxonomy team, our mission is to directly impact the customer experience by making it easy and fun to shop for products on all Amazon sites. As Taxonomist in that team, you will build intuitive and comprehensive taxonomy and ontology structures to optimize global, online product discovery for our Amazon Web and Mobile experiences. You influence business partners and technical teams on taxonomy and metadata solutions to align taxonomy to customer needs.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
· Develop taxonomy data models to organize our extensive product selection for customers on all Amazon sites
· Coordinate cross-functional projects with a broad range of technical and non-technical teams
· Support the continuous expansion of data retrieval techniques to utilize our extensive product catalog and make sure products end up in the right place for our customers
· Analyze website metrics and customer’s browsing activities to make intelligent decisions on optimizing our taxonomy structures globally
· Degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics or equivalent professional experience
· 1 or more years of relevant work experience
· Proven skills in data retrieval and data research techniques
· Experience in taxonomy and/or ontology development
· Passionate about website usability with great instincts for improving customer shopping experience
· Ability to quickly understand complex processes and communicate them in simple language
· Detail-oriented problem solver who is able to work in fast-changing environment and manage ambiguity
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· Excellent English language skills
· Master’s degree in Library Science, Information Systems or Linguistics
· Proficiency in SQL
· Understanding of E-Commerce systems
· Additional language skills, e.g. Dutch or Turkish
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