Associate Vendor Manager, IES MVR

Job  | Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd - N09

Amazon is hiring a Vendor Manager (VM) to improve the experience for our customers in South Africa. This role will work across various internal and external teams to evaluate the customer landscapes, and invent innovative approaches to solve ambiguous problems. Come and experience a company that reinvents itself every day and immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced, expanding and continuously inventing new efficiencies to offer great opportunities for our customers and for you!

As a Vendor Manager, you will build long-term strategic partnerships with vendors, add relevant selection, manage profitability, optimize pricing and scale vendors within Amazon. You will work autonomously in a fast-paced, highly demanding and ambiguous environment, collaborating with stakeholders from Finance, Marketing, Marketplace, Legal, Supply Chain, Operations and others.

• 2+ years of account management, project or program management, or buying experience
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience using Excel and other business analytic tools

• Experience with software and editing tools (including HTML, Excel and SQL)
• Experience in online retail
• Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics, SQL or HTML

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas.

In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

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