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Love food? Interested in working on an innovative and high-impact business that is changing the way customers think about grocery? Passionate about selecting grocery products that customers will love? Amazon is looking for an experienced, customer-obsessed Category Manager to join the Amazon Fresh team.
Amazon Fresh is a grocery store designed from the ground up to offer a seamless grocery shopping experience, whether customers are shopping in-store or online. At Amazon Fresh Grocery (AFG), we are pioneering the next generation of customer services, offering ultra-fast delivery, disruptive in-store technology, and fresh selection across grocery, pantry staples, and household essentials.
The Category Manager (CM) will manage the P&L for multiple categories, select assortment for digital and physical shelves, plan and execute promotional strategies, and set the strategic direction for their business. The ideal candidate is a self-starter that proactively looks for opportunities to improve their business and deliver more for customers. They stay on top of industry and competitive trends, leverage customer insights, and execute at both a tactical and strategic level. Exceptional communication and organizational skills are musts.
Key job responsibilities
-Manage a full P&L across multiple categories
-Select the assortment for Fresh's digital and physical shelves for multiple categories, making sure to optimize sales and profitability
-Develop the category strategies for their business by digging deep into industry, internal, and customer data to identify opportunities for growth
-Identify industry trends and develop innovative marketing and merchandising initiatives to support growth
- Own the promotional strategy and planning across all channels including identifying key events and time periods to target, selecting the assortment, determining the deal price, communicating plans to cross-functional partners, and reporting out on results
-Resolve defects that may be blocking intended assortment from being shoppable to customers
-Collaborate with cross-functional teams that support business needs, including marketing, merchandising, in-stock, and central support teams to ensure flawless execution
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Arlington, VA, USA | New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience using Microsoft Excel to manipulate and analyze large sets of data
- 2+ years of retail buying experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of working cross functionally across several teams experience
- Experience with SQL
- Experience in grocery retail and knowledge of Nielsen, IRI, or Mintel to conduct market research is a plus
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $47,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $103,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location 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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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