Vendor Manager, Amazon Hardlines

Amazon Canada's Hardlines team is seeking a self-driven Vendor Manager candidate. Vendor managers work directly with vendors to improve value, selection and convenience for customers across their business. They play a critical role in managing strategic and established brands to drive profitability and topline performance for their category.

The ideal candidate would have the following skills:
- Strong oral and written communication
- Project and stakeholder management
- Proven ability to multi-task
- Quantitative analytics
- Detail Oriented
- Thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced environment

The candidate will use customer obsession and analytics to inform creative solutions to drive their business. The Vendor Manager will have the opportunity to engage with multiple internal teams to optimize product line performance for key manufacturers (vendors) on  They will utilize strong communication skills to collaborate with internal cross-functional partners, such as site merchandising, buying, pricing, inventory management, operations, online marketing, and finance to drive performance for our  vendor partners.

This position provides the candidate an opportunity to execute analytical deeps dives that help inform category growth strategies and initiatives. In addition to gaining vendor management experience, this candidate will have exposure in driving category growth.  Vendor Managers get the unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer, while developing strong functional skills in online merchandising/marketing, buying, planning/forecasting, pricing, and business analytics.

Key job responsibilities
This role is responsible for leading key categories and brand relationships for  and driving growth of the business. It includes building strong vendor and brand relationships, contract negotiations, selection and catalog, inventory optimization, forecast generation, product launches, pricing, and conducting detailed analysis to identify opportunities to drive growth for the vendor and  As the P&L owner, you will also work cross functionally with other product, marketing, and operations teams across Amazon to raise the bar on customer experience.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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

- Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership
- Bachelor's degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
- Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development
- Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
- Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.

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