Opportunities available across the Italy, France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. Fluency in English is essential for all roles in Europe and local language skills are highly desirable for some projects but are not essential for every role.

Amazon’s Consumer Retail Team is looking for a talented Vendor Manger for Toys Category. In this role you will work to create earth's greatest shopping experience of different products.

The Vendor Manager will establish strong relationships with key segment manufacturers and distributors, integrating them in our logistic and catalog systems, planning the selection of season collections and managing inventory levels. Further responsibilities will be to coordinate marketing activities and to drive projects to improve catalog quality and navigation and customer purchasing experience.

This role is for a passionate customer and category advocate, with proven analytical capabilities, a proven track record in successful negotiations and project management skills. The VM must be an effective leader and communicator in working with some of Amazon's most important partners and vendors, as well as with internal colleagues and cross-functional leaders.

Key job responsibilities
- own the P&L for your vendor portfolio
- Define the selection strategy, which categories to focus on, which brands to prioritize, what type of product, price range, etc.
- Grow and manage the selection through strong vendor relationships including assessing market procurement conditions, recommending terms, and implementing procurement strategies.
- Act as pivotal role in the E-commerce business, liaising with Marketing, Instock Management, Logistics, Legal.
- Be responsible for the following areas of business management: promotional campaigns, support to in-stock management (in close relationship to our supply chain management team), product management, and vendor performance communications.
- With online content management team, develop and execute collaborative marketing and promotions campaign for a wide variety of products across the category.
- Help to set up a category procurement support strategy along with supply chain teams and drive continuous process improvements, such as improving vendor lead times.
- Manage item/vendor set-up in various tools.
- Attend trade shows and vendor meetings as required.
- Monitor and research industry and competitive trends to make the Amazon offering the best for the customer.