The Canada retail team is responsible for owning the end-to-end experience for Amazon's Canadian customers. Amazon Canada is a fast-growing business where our business model is evolving with technology and industry trends. Vendor Managers work directly with vendors to improve value, selection and convenience across their business. They play a critical role in managing strategic and established brands to drive profitability and topline performance for their category.

The ideal candidate would have the following skills and experience:
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Proven ability to multi-task
- Detail oriented
- Thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced environment

The candidate will use customer obsession and analytics to inform creative solutions to drive their business. The Vendor Manager will have the opportunity to engage with multiple internal teams to optimize product line performance for key manufacturers (vendors) on Amazon.ca. They will utilize strong communication skills to collaborate with internal cross-functional partners, such as site merchandising, buying, pricing, inventory management, operations, online marketing, and finance to drive performance for our Amazon.ca vendor partners.


Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
- Defines the vision and business strategy for the category and key vendors including North Star metric(s) and KPIs for measuring results
- Manages category P&L and develops plans that drive revenue and margin improvements for the business
- Develops vendor relationships inclusive of terms negotiations and growth focused initiatives
- Drives broad adoption and provide an unparalleled customer experience
- Devise clear frameworks for making day-to-day decisions
- Lead execution of projects including building project plans
- Drive commitments from internal teams including Marketing, Engineering, and Category Management
- Dive deep into inputs and understands the downstream impact of changes to pricing, selection, and convenience for subcategories. - 3+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
- Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership- Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
- Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development

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The base salary for this position ranges from $61,400/year up to $102,600/year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.