Sr. Mgr, Category Leader, Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS)

Job description

Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores organization is seeking a Sr. Mgr, Category Leader to join our talented team that is reshaping the grocery industry through its commitment to meeting evolving customer needs.

As an organization, we create a seamless and convenient grocery shopping experience that helps customers save time and money. We continually innovate to provide customers with great selection, value, and convenience in groceries and everyday essentials, both online and in physical stores. Embrace the opportunity to contribute to our efforts in omnichannel grocery shopping while working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead a team of category managers, spanning a range of departments, owning the overall customer experience strategy and setting strategic goals
• Develop and execute a consistent selection and sourcing strategy across a range of departments
• Work alongside partner teams across the organization to ensure we deliver against key category goals and milestones.
• Establish and grow vendor relationships; partner with vendors to deliver improvements in customer experience and hold vendors accountable for operational performance
• Own the Trade Planning Strategy to drive category growth

A day in the life

-Be the ‘business owner’ for your category, working autonomously and possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact your category

-Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external partners, while meeting tight deadlines

-Create compelling customer experience that raises the bar and drives customer engagement

-Analyze weekly and monthly performance metrics and manage communication with internal and external stakeholders to hit key inputs and ouputs

-Provide business inputs regarding promotional activity, space allocation, pricing, productivity analysis, and forecasting