Openings at Amazon

Key job responsibilities

• Own end-to-end strategic programs from conception to implementation, driving measurable business impact
• Develop and execute program vision, success metrics, and roadmaps while leading complex cross-functional initiatives
• Identify and implement automation opportunities, process improvements, and scalable solutions
• Partner with Marketing, Finance, Technology, and Analytics teams to drive program success and stakeholder alignment
• Build and maintain robust reporting and audit mechanisms to track KPIs and program effectiveness
• Author executive communications, strategic recommendations, and lead change management initiatives
• Drive data-driven decision making through business intelligence, ensuring successful delivery within scope and timeline

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree
• Senior program or project management experience
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy, definition and end to end product delivery

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience leading process improvements
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

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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

• 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

A day in the life

• 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's degree
• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion and inventory management
• Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership
   

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We are looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, curious, empathic, motivated and reliable. The development opportunities are plentiful and we're only just starting to scratch the surface. If this sounds intriguing to you, then come build with us.

Utility Computing (UC)

• AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Within AWS UC, Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent