Amazon’s Retail team, located in Sydney, is looking for a Senior Category Manager. It is a pivotal role where our mission is to change the weekly shopping habits of Australians and a critical part of that is to have the broadest range of products available on our site. If you’re inspired by a new challenge and in making your mark on a growing business, this position may be for you. In this role you will act as a business owner, working with the main brands in the industry to sell on Amazon, and to help create earth's greatest shopping experience.

As a Senior Category Manager, you will be a passionate customer and category advocate within Amazon; possess strong negotiation and analytical skills, together with proven commercial knowledge and experience. The ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task is a must, together with excellent project management skills and laser sharp attention to detail. The Senior Category Manager must also be an effective communicator, working with some of Amazon Australia's most important partners and suppliers, as well as with internal colleagues and cross-functional leaders. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a passion for retail and a high level of flexibility and commitment.

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There are also a great range of benefits that make Amazon a great place to work, including our popular Dogs At Work program which has been proven to lower stress and boost morale and is now running successfully in our corporate offices around Australia.

Our commuter benefits scheme allows employees to save on the cost of getting to and from work while Amazon also offers subsidized health insurance for employees and their dependents on top of salary continuance (income protection), and life insurance.

Amazon has all kinds of jobs for all kinds of people, and prides itself on hiring individuals with all types of background and experiences and celebrates diversity of leadership and thought as a key component in its mission to create the most customer-centric company in the world.

This position requires full-time in-office presence 5 days per week at our CBD location.

Key job responsibilities
• Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targets
• Act as the ‘business developer’ for an assigned set of categories or brands within, possessing a complete understanding (inclusive of the strategic context) of internal and external variables that impact your business. This includes owning forecasting, analyzing, understanding and reporting on the business, in particular prospecting, conversion and terms negotiations).
• Have a thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality and business trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments
• Maximize Amazon’s business and financial profitability through selection expansion opportunities
• Have a complete understanding of the customer needs, both existing and potential, and use that knowledge to advocate for and drive delivery of site features that provide Amazon customers with an unparalleled shopping experience
• Build vendor/brand relationships - be the primary point of contact for vendor on-boarding and then ensure smooth transition to the category teams once on-boarded
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders, while meeting tight deadlines