amazon – Senior Category Manager

Job Description

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Category Manager

Amazon.com/Amazon.in strives to be Earth’s most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want – low prices, vast selection, and convenience – Amazon.in continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform. Amazon’s evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company’s DNA. The world’s brightest technology minds come to Amazon to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.

About the Role:

Category Managers at Amazon have end to end responsibility of the customer experience and growth of the category they have been assigned to. Amazon strives to present its customers with the widest selection of products at the best prices – The Category manager’s role is to bring in the relevant assortment, design targeted promotions, manage partners including sellers and brands

Category managers anticipate customer needs and incorporate them into the functional road map and will drive a major change or enhancement for customer experience influencing category needs based on their knowledge of competitive trends in the marketplace and other macro environment data. .

The successful candidate for this high impact role will be a self-starter with a passion for independent, creative problem-solving, have proven data analysis skills, demonstrate great “voice” and content creation chops (i.e. strong writing skills), show strong ownership and commitment, have proven leadership experience in managing projects, and bring relevant insights in marketing and merchandising.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Bengaluru, KA, IND

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 5+ years of with Excel experience
– 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
– Bachelor’s degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
– Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
– Experience using data to influence business decisions
– Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
– Experience with business analysis and P&L management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams