Description NOTE: This role requires to be a bi-lingual of EN and JP. At Amazon Fresh APAC (Japan and Singapore), we aim to think like a grocer, act like tech, fulfilling our vision to become the #1 choice for Amazon customers to fulfill their everyday grocery needs and various shopping missions. Our ambition is to bring together the characteristics that have made Amazon successful, while applying best-in-class grocery thinking to our execution. This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence strategy for the Amazon JP/SG to build a successful grocery customer experience. As a Senior Strategic Category Planner, you will serve as a thought-leader, improving our external antennae and building a deep understanding of customer needs and category performance. You will have the opportunity to lead impactful selection assortment strategy projects, across Selection, Merchandising, Trade Planning and Vendor Experience working with various stakeholders across Amazon such as vendor management, instock management, marketing, product, tech, PR etc. If you are passionate about translating customer voice and its data into actionable strategies, this role is a high-profile way to make a tangible impact on the business. Key job responsibilities Category Strategies: - Coordinate and facilitate Category and Selection Strategy processes, tools, and governance - Drive the discussion across multiple teams (e.g. Amazon.co.jp/sg category team, Private Brand team, Marketing team) to build best grocery shopping experience addressing various shopping missions. - Deliver category data playbooks to support category insight and strategy development - Working closely with AI base assortment tech team to optimize merchandising process - Conduct vendor listening sessions and derive insights - Organize and enable Category Strategy workshops with cross-functional teams - Ensure high-quality strategic outputs (category vision, objectives, initiatives) - Govern the implementation of the category strategy and monitor initiatives Category Insight & Thought-Leadership: - Act as a "thought-leader" by being at the forefront of category and selection insight - Build a thorough understanding of customer/category needs and ensure the voice of the customer is embedded - Stay up to date with category performance using internal and external data - Lead the category insight relationship with vendors; regularly spend time to absorb and embed insights - Act as the "voice of the category" in key mechanisms, alongside the Vendor Manager Category Excellence Strategy: - Lead on strategy projects with important business impact, such as Selection differentiation, Vendor Experience and Trade Planning - Develop strategies incorporating customer insight, market segment insight, relevant data inputs and key jobs to be done - Step-change the ability of the business to turn data into insight, applying this to our value creation strategy - Own relevant mechanisms to track progress across cross-functional teams and drive performance across key metrics Basic Qualifications - 7+ years of program or project management experience - Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements - Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership - Speak, write, and read fluently in Japanese - Speak, write, and read fluently in English Preferred Qualifications - Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.