Category Manager, Home Entertainment

Amazon India, is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working and creative Category Manager to join our team in the Home Entertainment GL.

The Category Manager will be responsible for developing and owning the strategy for some of our top vendor & seller relationships. 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 brands 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, and negotiations are required.

Key job responsibilities

Key job responsibilities

You should be able to:

Define strategies to deliver best-in-class customer experience while delivering sustainable growth in the 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.

Collaborate with Sellers and merchandizing teams on promotions and marketing initiatives and coordinate with the Merchandising team to execute these activities.

Collaborate with program/product teams to drive category objectives.

Participate in day-to-day operational aspects of the category, including gathering and addressing customer feedback, 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

Preferred qualifications

- 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

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