Category Specialist, Tools & Home Improvement
Amazon
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Riyadh
Contract type: Full time
Description
Amazon Saudi Arabia, is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working and creative Category Specialist to join our business to be based out of Riyadh.
The Category Specialist will be responsible for developing and owning the strategy for some of out top vendor relationships in KSA. Within this role, the individual will have the opportunity establish and maintain strong vendor partnerships, manage category profitability, and identify means to improve the customer experience. We are seeking a business leader with a broad skill-set which demonstrates analytical horsepower, excellent business judgment, strong vendor management and negotiations skills, deep curiosity to uncover how things work, and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. You will work with vendors of all sizes and must have the leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels of these organizations. Experience in business analytics, strategic thinking, negotiations and operations are required.
Key job responsibilities
You Should Be Able To
Define strategies to deliver best-in-class customer experience while delivering profitable growth in the retail category
Develop knowledge of supply/ demand trends and success drivers of your category
Establish relationships and negotiate agreements/deals with leading manufacturers and brands. Drive new product launches and additions in the category
Execute and lead projects to more efficiently source stock, manage prices, execute promotions
Collaborate with vendors and merchandizing teams on promotions and marketing initiatives and coordinate with the Merchandising team to execute these activities
Collaborate with operational teams to ensure healthy inventory levels while managing stock-out/ overstock risk
Participate in day-to-day operational aspects of the category, including gathering and addressing customer feedback, price monitoring, business improvement initiatives.
Be an ambassador within the industry and continuously enhance our position
Basic Qualifications
Company - Afaq Q Tech General Trading
Job ID: A2938202
Amazon Saudi Arabia, is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working and creative Category Specialist to join our business to be based out of Riyadh.
The Category Specialist will be responsible for developing and owning the strategy for some of out top vendor relationships in KSA. Within this role, the individual will have the opportunity establish and maintain strong vendor partnerships, manage category profitability, and identify means to improve the customer experience. We are seeking a business leader with a broad skill-set which demonstrates analytical horsepower, excellent business judgment, strong vendor management and negotiations skills, deep curiosity to uncover how things work, and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. You will work with vendors of all sizes and must have the leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels of these organizations. Experience in business analytics, strategic thinking, negotiations and operations are required.
Key job responsibilities
You Should Be Able To
Define strategies to deliver best-in-class customer experience while delivering profitable growth in the retail category
Develop knowledge of supply/ demand trends and success drivers of your category
Establish relationships and negotiate agreements/deals with leading manufacturers and brands. Drive new product launches and additions in the category
Execute and lead projects to more efficiently source stock, manage prices, execute promotions
Collaborate with vendors and merchandizing teams on promotions and marketing initiatives and coordinate with the Merchandising team to execute these activities
Collaborate with operational teams to ensure healthy inventory levels while managing stock-out/ overstock risk
Participate in day-to-day operational aspects of the category, including gathering and addressing customer feedback, price monitoring, business improvement initiatives.
Be an ambassador within the industry and continuously enhance our position
Basic Qualifications
- 1+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience using Excel and other business analytic tools
- Experience with software and editing tools (including HTML, Excel and SQL)
- Experience in online retail
- Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics, SQL or HTML
Company - Afaq Q Tech General Trading
Job ID: A2938202
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