Amazon

DESCRIPTION

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online across the globe, this is your chance to make history. Amazon has a long record of growth and success in non-US geographies. Since launching its first European websites in 1998, Amazon has grown into a global leader in e-commerce, with customer-facing websites selling physical goods in five European countries, plus Japan, China, India, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Amazon also manages a substantial cross-border business, serving customers in more than 100 countries every month with exports from our current websites.

Amazon is looking for an experienced team leader with people management experience to manage a team of account managers as part of EU Expansion Team.

The successful candidate will define and execute the Technical Account Management and program roadmap for 3P Expansion team. The Manager Merchant Services will be responsible for delivering new business growth and maximizing revenue generation across selected product families. Operating in a fast-moving and often ambiguous environment, the successful candidate will have full responsibility for delivering business and financial objectives.

As part of the role, the Manager Merchant Services will need to lead a team of Account Managers and identify opportunities to help sellers from export countries grow further in our EU stores. Likewise, the Manager Merchant Services will work with a wide range of internal stakeholders both within and outside the country to support the consolidation of existing and development of new services.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Build and manage a team of Account Managers to manage Sellers and external service providers.
• Achieve business and financial objectives and drive the growth of Amazon’s third-party businesses.
• Identify opportunities to improve the Marketplace business for external service providers through scalable solutions and manage the roll-out of these solutions.
• Share learnings with your global counterparts (EU, US, Other emerging region teams) to drive best practices and to identify new opportunities.
• Conduct deep dives to understand root causes of seller performance, external service provider performance and actions to accelerate growth
• Work closely with Category teams to identify category specific growth opportunities.
• Identify and manage projects to improve customer and seller experience, working closely with internal and external teams.

Key job responsibilities

• Coach and grow a team of high performing individuals.
• Demonstrate high attention to detail, with a data driven approach.
• Senior stakeholder management across Retail, 3P from different regions.
• Define and execute operating plans, setting and tracking performance mechanisms to ensure delivery.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 6-10 years of working experience in management consulting, product management or sales management in technology/consumer goods/e-commerce or related fields (people management experience mandatory)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex concepts simply
• Strong analytical skills (including advanced excel and database analysis)
• Ability to drive successful projects with a wide range of people at all decision-making levels.
• Experience solving analytical problems, either in professional experience (data analysis) or education
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment
• Highly organised and results oriented

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to work with legal, product, internal and external business owners to reach mutually beneficial agreements
• Strong business judgment, proven ability to influence others
• Experience using Salesforce or other CRM tools
• Creative, has initiative, and can constructively advocate on behalf of the customer
• Experience in retail and/or a technology / eCommerce business preferred but not essential

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