Description

Do you thrive in fast paced and highly ambiguous environments that challenge your analytical abilities and creativity Want to be part of an ever growing third-party sellers in Egypt marketplace team We are seeking a Category Growth Manager to shape the future of our 3rd party marketplace.

This role offers the unique opportunity to own a sizable portion of a category P&L while also driving large scale, high visibility projects across different Amazon teams. The successful candidate will be a strong project manager with deep analytical abilities, and will ideally over-index in ownership, bias for action, deep dive, invent and simplify, and deliver results leadership competencies. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter and possess a passion for retail, a high level of flexibility ability to prioritize.

Responsibilities

The breadth and depth of experience gained in the Category Growth Manger role will equip a candidate to rotate into other roles across Amazon on their path to become among Amazon future leaders. The role will have several key responsibilities within the 3rd party Marketplace side of the business, including:

Category strategy and ownership: Work closely with Category Leadership and account managers on planning and business strategy, drive best-in-class customer experience and maximize Selling partners selection and sales growth through timely analysis and initiatives .
Maintain category's on-going reviews: own category's weekly/monthly/quarterly reviews via establishing a tracking mechanisms to enable team track their progress while recommend best track of action to grow/recover
Define category's growth opportunities: Identify key business opportunities of your categories via spotting popular brands, trends, and pricing to ensure managing the sellers toward a growth plan; deploying detailed deep dives and data analysis
Seller management: Identify and lead Selling partners partnerships, manage large Sellers and enhance overall Seller experience with better self-service and reporting resources.
Technical project management: Automate and scale the category level growth via new selection, product listing quality and instock opportunities. Partner with other teams to drive automation and scalability across the organization.
Category/3P project management: Work within the marketplace org to establish and execute a 3P level projects/programs.

Key job responsibilities

The Successful Category Growth Manager Must Be Able To

Act as the business owner for his/her categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact our business (this entails owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the category, along with responsibility for driving strategic projects to achieve business objectives)
Maximize Amazon's long-term business profitability
Have a complete understanding of the customer needs, both existing and potential, and use that knowledge to deliver site features that provide Amazon customers with an unparalleled shopping experience
Create business plans and initiatives for new opportunities and develop and execute project plans for the launch of new features
Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders, while meeting tight deadlines for high visibility projects
Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenues targets

Basic Qualifications

Knowledge of SQL and Excel
Experience in problem solving and data analytics
Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, computer science, data science, engineering, or other related field
Experience in making data driven business decisions
Experience with written and verbal communication and presentation
Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
Experience building and growing relationships with internal and external partners
Experience in a fast-paced, high-tech company, or experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in managing and troublshooting network
5+ years of professional experience influencing internal and external stakeholders in complex and dynamic environment ideally in e-commerce, technology, FMCG, retail or top-management consulting
A strong background in product management, vendor/partner management, management consulting, or finance is required with related business experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in e-commerce
Knowledge of statistics or other analytical techniques
Master of Business Administration, or Associate's degree or above
Experience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python
Experience with reporting and Data Visualization tools such as Quick Sight / Tableau / Power BI or other BI packages
Experience analyzing large datasets and translating them to actionable business insight
Experience analyzing large datasets and communicating findings to stakeholders and senior leaders

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