Description

Do you love books? Do you want to work in one of the fastest growing and most innovative businesses at Amazon? Join the MX Books team! We believe reading is essential for a healthy society and our mission is to inspire readers by making it easy to read more and get the most out of reading.

We’re looking for a customer obsessed, analytical and innovative individual to join us as a Manager of Vendor Managers (MVM) on our mission to make all books in all formats available to all readers in Mexico. This role leads a high performing team and will be responsible for driving both the top and bottom-line metrics for the Books category. You will utilize a wide range of skills and work across major functional areas such as inventory management, marketing, merchandising, pricing, operations, and finance to drive the performance of these strategic category and vendor partners.

The MVM owns strategic vendor relationships, expands product selection, negotiates vendor terms, partners with marketing and advertising to drive traffic and works with operations and instock to guarantee product availability. The MVM has full P&L responsibility, including planning, forecasting and driving growth for the respective category. Must be adept at understanding internal and external variables (inputs) that impact the business and how to deploy against each to attain the desired results.

Key job responsibilities

o Effective at setting goals and strategic direction for the business, ensuring alignment with broader business goals and vision.

o Skilled communicator in working with Amazon partners and vendors, as well as with internal groups such as buying, site merchandising, marketing, PR, finance, operations, and retail systems to deliver innovation and a better customer experience.

o Strong in cross functional collaboration on necessary systems and processes to support business needs, including retail systems, site merchandising and in-stock.

o Adept at identifying industry trends that are relevant to customer selection and experience.

About the team

Inclusive team culture

At Amazon we embrace our differences and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work Life Balance

We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional.

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

Mexico City, DIF, MEX

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience

• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

• Bachelor's degree or certificate of completion of studies required plus at least 10 years of professional background

• Fluent in both, English and Spanish

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience of managing and developing a high performance team