Vendor Manager, PC & Consumer Electronics en Madrid

Ever since Amazon opened its virtual doors, it aims at becoming the most customer-centric company in the world. How? By having people like you who make sure that customers can find everything that they are looking for online – at great prices and convenience. Immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced, expanding, continuously innovating and offering great opportunity for our customers and for you!

Amazon is looking for a smart, team-oriented, and analytical Vendor Manager to join our PC & Consumer Electronics categories based in Amazon's Madrid offices.

As a Vendor Manager you will be the main point of contact for key segment manufacturers and/or distributors, will focus on facilitating the business relationship, and will support in fueling growth and improving business terms by building joint business plans, integrating the manufacturer / distributor in our logistic and catalog systems, planning the selection, and managing inventory levels. Further responsibilities will be to coordinate marketing activities and to drive projects to improve catalog quality and navigation and customer purchasing experience.

You will also serve as a primary advocate for our customer. Externally, you must understand the changing competitive landscape and identify industry trends that are relevant to customer selection and experience, while also partnering with vendors to drive improvements in availability and selection. Internally, you will leverage key metrics to develop customer insights for innovation, and will partner with internal teams to build and implement the business improvements that deliver value to our customer.

This job is based in our Madrid Offices (Spain), and will work in an international environment, mostly in English.

Your professional challenge
• You will facilitate strong relationships and initiate discussions with vendors to increase selection and engage them in growth opportunities.
• By analyzing customer data, as well as the market segment in general, you will identify selection gaps and seek out new vendors.
• You will help shaping and managing promotional strategy for the vendors, delivering compelling offers to our customers that drive profitable growth for Amazon.
• You will seek out ways to automate & simplify manual processes in order to improve productivity.
• You will work closely with the marketing specialist, in-stock and product management teams for your category.
• The performance of your product category, customer experience and operational efficiency will determine your success

· Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Engineering or Sciences.
· 4-6 years of working experience in management consulting, vendor account management, project management, and/or buyer position.
· Strong business judgment with a track record of successful relationship management and people management skills.
· Strong analytical skills (including advanced excel and database analysis).
· Fluent in Spanish and English (Italian is a plus). Strong written and verbal communication skills.
· Inter-personal and communication skills, negotiation skills, bias for action, ownership, project management skills and A to Z business understanding are required.
· Successful candidates will be autonomous, tenacious and creative. They will quickly adapt to work in a fast paced environment where prioritizing and multi-tasking are essential.
· Enthusiastic and team player spirit.

· Post-graduate education / Masters level qualification (MBA from top tier school is a plus).
· Strong commercial experience
· Cross functional experience, especially finance or supply chain
· Experienced in start-up type environments or short-cycle businesses
· Working knowledge of additional languages.
· Excellent knowledge of Excel and database work, with experience in SQL as a plus
· Experience in people management is nice-to-have