Associate Director, Commerce Operations; Amazon

Position: Associate Director, Commerce Operations (Amazon)
Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.

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About the Role

We are seeking a versatile and highly analytical Associate Director, Commerce Operations to join our Amazon squad. In this pivotal role, you will sit between our Retail Services Lead (who drives high-level portfolio strategy) and our Commerce Managers (who execute day-to-day tactical operations).

This is a unique hybrid role that requires you to seamlessly flex between strategic planning and deep operational troubleshooting. You will collaborate closely with the Retail Services Lead in translating client business performance into actionable recommendations, provide guidance on Amazon growth priorities, and consult on key initiatives such as promotion strategy, catalog optimization, retail readiness, and supply chain efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities

* Strategic Commerce Leadership

* Strategic & Commercial Advisory:
Provide day-to-day strategic support, bringing commercial context and clarity to complex business results, marketplace trends, and operational issues.

* Retail Priorities & Planning:
Advise on priorities across promotions, content, catalog, availability, and retail execution, delivering proactive recommendations to drive performance and growth.

* Advanced Amazon Expertise

* Operational & Catalog Guidance:
Guide best practices for catalog setup, product content (PDP optimization, A+ Content, imagery), variation structures, and retail readiness.

* Operational Audits & Commercial Health:
Conduct holistic audits of marketplace operations, analyzing and presenting findings on in-stock availability, PO rejection rates, missed sales, and SKU-level profitability.

* Collaborative Troubleshooting:
Partner with commerce managers to resolve complex operational scenarios, catalog errors, and suppress ions, establishing clear escalation paths for platform hurdles.

* Performance Analysis

* Data Interpretation & Reporting:
Review Amazon performance data to provide strategic interpretation of what is happening, why it matters, and what should happen next.

* Metric & Goal Synthesis:
Connect core retail metrics-such as sales, traffic, conversion, share of search, and buy box performance-directly to broader client business goals.

* Risk & Driver Analysis:
Proactively identify emerging risks and growth opportunities by evaluating retail drivers beyond raw data, including promotional support, content quality, and operational friction.

Key

Qualifications & Skills

* Experience:

5-8 years of experience managing enterprise-level Amazon Vendor Central (1P) and Seller Central (3P) accounts, ideally within an agency setting.

* Commercial Acumen: ability to interpret complex data and turn performance trends into actionable recommendations, leveraging strong commercial judgment to connect Amazon execution to…