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03/08 Ashish Sharma
Talent Advisor at Amazon

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Amazon - Senior Category Manager (4-8 yrs)

Bangalore Job Code: 959152

Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon.com continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform. Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company's DNA. The world's brightest technology minds come to Amazon.com to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.

About the Role Senior Category Manager

Amazon is seeking Category Managers for our locations and our affiliate companies in India. We are looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working, and creative candidate to join our team as a Senior Category Manager. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on a start-up business team.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be the business owner, with responsibility for signing the right mix of vendors, adding unique local selection, driving margin improvements and delivering top notch customer experience.

He/she must be an effective leader and communicator working with our most important partners and vendors, as well as with internal colleagues and groups. He or she will have strong business judgment with a track record of strong ownership values and relationship management skills.

Eligibility Criteria

- Business, buying, or finance background

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Proven negotiation skills, influencing abilities

- Strong numerical and analytical aptitude

- Proven experience leading cross-functional projects Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment

- Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines

Detail-oriented

- Technical aptitude and agility to learn web-based tools

- 4 to 8 years of relevant experience in an account manager/vendor manager role desired

The ideal candidate will be innovative, team oriented, an effective communicator, have a desire to participate in change and appreciate a dynamic environment with rapidly changing priorities. We are seeking someone with demonstrated history of successful project ownership and using customer data to identify and prioritize opportunities. An understanding of, and passion for, e-commerce is highly desired.

The position will be based in Bangalore.

Basic qualifications

Eligibility Criteria

- Business, buying, or finance background

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Proven negotiation skills, influencing abilities

- Strong numerical and analytical aptitude

- Proven experience leading cross-functional projects Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment

- Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines Detail-oriented

- Technical aptitude and agility to learn web-based tools

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Maternity and Paternity Benefits

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