Snr Cat mgr, Tools & MRO, BISS - Hardlines

Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. We are seeking creative, goal-oriented and highly entrepreneurial people to join our exciting and fast-paced team. We need a single threaded leader to drive our focus on scaling Business essentials, commercial and industrial selection across categories while closely partnering with AB (Category, CPS), AWIPL teams, along with P3P, S3P partners.

BISS stands for Business Industrial Scientific Supplies but is A.in's carrier for all business, commercial selection meant for business customers of all forms and shapes (small, large businesseses, MSME, Institutions, Public sectors etc.) Our business units include a. Industrial and professional tools b. Professional medical or Hospital supplies c. Measuring devices and equipment d. Janitorial and sanitation businesses e. Safety solutions and equipment, we are a OM +ve, 30+% YoY growing business. Additionally the leader needs to scale nascent yet bold visions like MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) which is a strong OP1 priority and large Bn USD businesses in EU & NA.

The Sr. Mgr, Category Management is the key advocate for the category within Amazon -- building a world-class selection acquistion workstreams, creating business promotions, discounts and selection mind-frame, helping customers discovery and shop industrial, business heavy selection for their needs, navigate past regulations, expanding selection, and generally helping to define, shape and execute long-term strategic initiatives. The successful candidate will have experience working with external vendors in areas such as strategic planning and contract negotiations; experience working with technical teams to build innovative, new technology; and excellent verbal and written communication skills. He or she must also have the analytical horsepower to break down complex problems, and a strong will to get stuff done and deliver results no matter the obstacles. Keys to success also include a strong interest in the B2B, commercial sectors industry, the desire to create a unique and compelling customer experience, and a passion for retail.

Key job responsibilities
On boarding top commercial and industrial brands
Drive best in class business, consumer and bulk prices
Help making Amazon a trusted name in procurement
Delivering GL revenue via Fees, Ads, Coop
Growing GL via inputs across selection, pricing, convenience

A day in the life
Scaling MRO selection, pricing
Driving down customer facing SLAs
Reviewing selection, pricing selection gaps across B2C, B2B for Tools business
Working with Amazon business, AWIPL team on scaling business inputs
Visit offline commercial hubs, B2B melas and learn about true customer frustrations and solve for them

About the team
Furniture, Auto, BISS, L&G POD within Hardlines comprises of the most non-intuitive set of categories within Hardlines. We are odd sized, large cube, mostly outside FC and anything but playbook. Yet, we take pride in scaling industry and WW first product features like Vehicles in Auto, Solar in L&G, Professional medical & MRO in BISS.

We are hungry set of individuals who thrive on Day 1 principles and dont settle for the norm. We value ideas over hierarchy and are super paranoid and relentless.

Basic qualifications

- 5+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience with business analysis and P&L management

Preferred qualifications

- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

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