Current Opportunities at Amazon

• The Vendor Manager position offers an exciting introduction to our on-line retail business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work directly with strategic and large vendors to grow their business through various levers including merchandising/marketing, new product launches, pricing, inventory management, and supply chain optimization. The VM will also work with multiple internal teams and management as they grow and improve their sub category and vendor's success at Amazon. This role will be both strategic and tactical.

Key job responsibilities
The Vendor Manager role will be responsible for the following:

• Acting as the ‘business owner’ for their sub categories and vendors, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business
• Owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on subcategory and applicable vendors, along with responsibility for driving strategic supply chain projects and promotions to achieve business objectives
• Proactively negotiating costs, promotional opportunities, and other business inputs for the vendor — autonomously
• Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin
• Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for subcategory and strategic brands
• Optimizing the online presence and content of each product on the brand's portfolio
• Developing and executing marketing plans in order to drive awareness and purchases for the subcategory and brands
• Driving cross-category initiatives to improve operational process and deliver results
• The role offers a unique opportunity to work at the most innovative online retailer and to develop strong functional skills in online merchandising/ marketing, buying, planning and forecasting, pricing, and business analysis. VM roles offer opportunity for greater responsibility and advancement into a variety of roles including Merchandising, Senior Vendor Management and Inventory Management.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience

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Purpose Of The Job

• We are looking for motivated, customer-focused people who want to join our team as a Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager. The Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager is the line manager for a team of engineering technicians. They maintain the focus on safety by training, developing and coaching their team. They deliver a high level of equipment availability by ensuring all preventative maintenance is conducted and internal processes and procedures are followed.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, support and mentor the team, ensuring they are working in a safe, standard and efficient manner.
• Work with the team and the wider network to harness the technical expertise available and build solutions.
• Support the Reliability Engineering Manager as they work with the Site Safety department & Site Leadership to implement, record and audit safety and statutory compliance programs to provide a safe working environment for all staff.
• Implement network standards and focus on preventative maintenance to provide a high level of equipment availability to our internal customers.
• Ensure sufficient technical coverage is available for the shifts they own by organizing and directing the training program for the team.
• Organize local projects or support EU level projects as assigned by the manager.
• Be prepared to work on shift to maintain a strong connection to the team and daily work.

Basic Qualifications
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Significant practical engineering experience including a supervisory role managing people.
• A Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil) from an accredited university or equivalent experience.
• Multi skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Experience of automated equipment including packaging machinery, sortation and conveyor systems.
• Ability to communicate (written & verbal) in English and the local language at CEFR Level B2 or higher.
• Experience of working to appropriate health & safety standards and regulations.
• Solid computer skills (MS Office, CAD).

Preferred Qualifications
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Full working knowledge of all specialized engineering and facilities equipment within the Fulfillment Center (FC) and Delivery Stations (DS) as well as maintenance and safety procedures.
• Experience working with PLC based control systems.
• Project Management experience.
• Knowledge of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) programs.
• Experience with Kaizen and Continuous Improvement Process.