The category team in Amazon Fresh is searching for an experienced Merchandising Manager. You will be working to manage a part of the Resets and New Store Openings workstream including store footage changes, timelines and process.
As a Merchandising Manager, you should possess a strong customer focus, great retail instincts and be practiced at applying project management skills.
The candidate should be highly organized and able to deal with ambiguity and a changing environment, while communicating effectively across teams.
Merchandising at Amazon is inherently cross-functional. The candidate needs to be an owner of their projects and work across the organization to build practical detail into strategic plans.
You will thrive and deliver results in an ambiguous and fast-paced business environment, operating across multiple teams and levels.
You will excel at unconstrained thinking and have the ability to document and support your ideas to gain broad buy-in and consensus.
You should also not be afraid to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty by diving into a project or strategy.
Key job responsibilities
As a Merchandising Manager you will :
- Manage the implementation of programs related to Resets and Launch activities
- Support these programs and hold other stakeholders accountable for progress on key actions and deliverables
- Create reports and metrics to demonstrate progress towards goals, provide new insights, and regularly update senior leadership
- Actively seek feedback from key stakeholders and partner with central teams to drive continuous improvement
A day in the life
Working on planogram layouts and strategy for your categories is the main portion of your day to day. You work cross-functionally with Category Managers, Vendor Managers, Operations team and occasionally with Instock, Marketing, and Vendors.
About the team
The Amazon Fresh Grocery category team comprises Category / Vendor Management, Merchandising and Marketing for Amazon Fresh in North America.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of analytic tools
- 2+ years of relevant work experience in merchandising, space optimization, and / or store planning.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)