Senior Category Manager, Home Improvement

Logistics, Sales & Operations · Sales & Business Development · Category Management · Business Development · Retail Management

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Amazon's Automotive Category team in India is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead the growth of Home Improvement categories. This role requires strong analytical skills, independent decision-making, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in category management or buying, a Master's degree, and a proven track record of using data to drive business decisions.

Description

The Automotive Category team in India is looking for a Senior Category Manager to own and drive scale-up of categories and critical customer-focused initiatives. The person who joins this team must share our passion and commitment for serving customers while also making Amazon a preferred partner for Home Improvement Categories. S/he must be able to balance thinking big, working with ambiguity while driving speed of experimentation. We are looking for self-starters with strong analytical skills and result-orientation who can make and execute independent, data-driven decisions and work with senior stakeholders across borders, both internally and externally.

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
The successful candidate for this critical role will have strengths in independent problem-solving and working around constraints, demonstrate great “voice” and strong writing skills, show strong ownership and persistence, have proven leadership experience in managing projects, and be comfortable with evolving structure in a new space.

Basic qualifications
- 5+ years of category/business development or buying experience
- Master's degree
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience with business analysis and P&L management

Preferred qualifications
- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience with business analysis and P&L management

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

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Company

Amazon

Job Posted

3 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Bengaluru, India

Qualification

Master, Bachelor

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