Deputy Team Leader, Vendor Management, RVR

DESCRIPTION

Amazon, one the world’s leaders in e-commerce, is expanding its Retail business and looking for a smart and ambitious Manager, MVR Vendor Manager based in UAE to enable new partnerships with vendors aiming at integrating their product portfolio into Amazon websites. Come and experience a company that reinvents itself every day and immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced, expanding and continuously inventing new efficiencies to offer great opportunities for our customers and for you!

Operating in a fast-moving and often ambiguous environment you will have full responsibility for achieving business objectives. You will need to engage in projects that will drive business growth and help shape the future of Amazon Retail in MENA. We expect that you can work autonomously, think both strategically and tactically, and take full control and responsibility for achieving your goals.

A day in the life

Job responsibilities

Your objectives will be to build the best possible selection for our customers with the development of partnerships with new vendors. Your job will consist of managing a team prospecting, assessing, recruiting and integrating vendors for Amazon marketplaces.

You manage a team of Mass Vendor Recruiter : drive the team performance, monitor individual objectives and evaluate performances

Be a business consultant to new vendors and provide insights and advice for them, being able to deal with different business profiles and sectors. Help new vendors to integrate their catalogue data into Amazon platform, master Amazon’s internal tools and train vendors on how to use these tools.

Plan, conduct, deliver and report analyses to understand the performance of recruited vendors

Help to develop and improve recruiting and on-boarding processes, assist in removing any technical blockers and identifying technical improvement areas.

Skills

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

5-7 years of experience with demonstrated track record of success in sales or negotiation, in account management or management consulting roles

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex concepts in a simple manner

Interested in new technologies, capable internet user

Great team player and team management experience

Advanced computer skills (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Ability to work with wide range of people at all decision-making levels

Experience solving analytical problems, either in professional experience (data analysis) or education

Bachelor degree in business administration or economics

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

An MBA

Extensive experience in people management

Experience with e-commerce or retail

Fluent in Arabic

Knowledge of SQL would be an advantage