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Description

Amazon's Canada team is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, hard-working, analytical and creative candidate to join our Consumables team. You will work directly with a portfolio of strategic vendor partners to develop their business, acting as a liaison and executing a joint business plan.

The team operates across several hub cities including Seattle, Arlington, and Toronto. This role has the flexibility to align to any of these hubs.

The Brand Specialist position offers an exciting introduction to our online retail business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work directly with a strategic vendor to grow their business and optimize their supply chain while working with multiple internal teams and management. The Brand Specialist will develop skills and work across all three functional areas (In-stock, Vendor Management, and Site Merchandising) to grow and improve their vendor's success at Amazon. The Brand Specialist role will be responsible for the following:

· Acting as the business owner for his or her vendor in their respective categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business.

· Owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the vendor, along with responsibility for driving strategic supply chain projects and promotions to achieve business objectives.

· Proactively negotiating costs, promotional opportunities, and other business inputs for the vendor.

· Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin.

· Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for the strategic brands.

· Optimizing the online presence and content of each product on the brand's portfolio.

· Developing and executing marketing plans to drive awareness and purchases for the brand.

· Driving cross-category initiatives to improve the operational process and deliver results.

Basic Qualifications

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

• Bachelor's degree

• Experience using Excel and other business analytic tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with software and editing tools (including HTML, Excel and SQL)

• Experience in online retail

• Experience using analytical specific tools such as Google Analytics, SQL or HTML

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you would like to request an accommodation, please notify your Recruiter.