Vendor Manager, Books, UK - Fixed term, UK Books Vendor Management, Fixed term contract

DESCRIPTION

This role is for a fixed-term duration until end of May 2026.

Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon continues to evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.

The Books team is looking for an enthusiastic and organized Vendor Manager to develop and grow our publisher relationships on both print and digital formats.

If you are ready to change the world, work hard and engage in a rapidly changing industry, this position is right for you. We offer a creative, fast paced, entrepreneurial work environment where you’ll be contributing to Amazon's innovation.

Key job responsibilities
• Create and implement the overall business strategy for their vendors' business including managing vendor negotiations and peak periods.
• Act as the ‘business owner’ for their vendors' business, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business and P&L, this entails owning forecasting, monitoring and reporting on the business
• Have a thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality and business trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments
• Manage strategic programs and relationships with leading publishers to create a great customer experience and help the books business and publishers grow
• Think backwards from the customer means thinking across reading/listening formats: physical books, kindle, Audible
• Work closely with the marketing, supply chain and product management teams within Books and Amazon to align all efforts and deliver results

The successful candidates will have exceptional project management, communication and analytic skills and big ideas on how to create great customer experiences. They will be detail-oriented, organized and capable of handling multiple projects at once, working to tight deadlines, dealing with multiple teams and corresponding with publishers. The right candidate will be ambitious and keen to move into a fast-paced environment.

About the team
We believe reading is essential for a healthy society; Amazon Books mission is to inspire readers by making it easy to read more and get more out of reading. We work every day on behalf of customers and readers to solve complex technical and business problems with ingenuity, simplicity and the spirit of innovation that is part of our DNA—and we want you to help in our continuing mission to reinvent reading.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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