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Informationen zur Position Jobtitel Head of Vendor Management Tools & DIY (m/f) Company Amazon EU SARL (DE) Location DE-BY-Munich Contact URL www.amazon.de Amazon stellt weltweit Mitarbeiter mit den unterschiedlichsten Qualifikationen ein. Wir suchen die besten Talente. Apply now Work hard. Have fun. Make history. Our overall mission is simple: We want Amazon to be the place where our customers can find, discover and buy anything online. Whatever our customers want, we will find the means to deliver it. With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds and implement innovation. This is your chance to make history. Amazon is looking for a smart, team-oriented, highly analytical leader to join the German Home Improvement team as Head of Vendor Management Tools & DIY (m/f) based in Munich. The role comprises leadership of a high performing team in vendor management is about continuously improving DIY customer experience, driving category profitability, grow the category and expanding our partnerships with key brands as well as working closely with our supply chain and advertising teams to deliver great results. The best candidate will have a broad skill set including strong vendor management and negotiations skills, leadership development, analytical horsepower, excellent business judgment, deep curiosity about how things work, and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. You must be willing to challenge the status quo in order to improve existing workflows and processes to enhance customer experience. You will work with vendors of large size and must have the leadership presence and communication skills to represent the category across departments. Experience in retail business, analytics, strategic thinking, negotiations and operations are required. This is how you can contribute to our success: * Develop and lead the vendor management and site merchandising teams for the Tools category * Build strong and sustainable relationships at an executive level with our vendors. Find creative solutions in negotiations and facilitate discussions in order to drive profitable growth * Improve the customer experience by helping customers navigate digital and physical waters, optimize our mobile offering, and getting the basics right (price, selection, convenience) * As a leader within the business you will share best practice across categories, also contributing to the international know how * Turn in-depth analysis into strategic insight, present these in convincing figures and turn them into action * Seek out ways to automate and simplify manual processes in order to improve productivity * Work closely with the Marketplace, Prime, supply chain and advertising teams to align all efforts and deliver results Basic Qualifications: * University degree required ideally in an analytical discipline, e.g. business or engineering, ideally MBA * Vendor Management and buyer experience at a senior level for several years ideally in an e-commerce, retail, key account management or consulting environment * Excellent negotiation skills in German and English * Experience in building senior level internal and external relationships in a complex and dynamic organization and in influencing cross-functional teams * Strong communication skills and an assertive approach, whilst maintaining your ability to be vocally self-critical * A smart way of thinking in order to find innovative approaches for vend