Associate Vendor Manager, Amazon Now

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DESCRIPTION :

The associate Vendor Manager is responsible for business operations by working closely with internal and external stakeholders. Handling day to day sourcing demands, driving market benchmarking on sourcing, tracking and reporting of daily fill rates, business reports. Driving continuous improvement in catalog quality and process excellence. Key duties include, daily business operations, resolution of catalog defects, performance monitoring, and implementation of seasonal initiatives.

Responsibilities :

Proactively improving catalog quality and creating automation of manual reports periodically as per requirement. Monitor and analyze performance metrics for Produce business (fill rate, delivery adherence, quality). Drive compliance to established processes and guidelines. Resolve vendor queries and operational issues in a timely manner. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve operations

Key job responsibilities

Monitor and analyze key performance metrics for the Produce business, including 95% fill rate, delivery CPT adherence, and quality ownership until LPC.

Address vendor queries promptly while resolving operational issues in a timely manner.

Drive base of specialized vendors, Farm aggregators to enhance selection depth based on seasonality and availability.

Achieve entitled margins by executing competitive buying strategies aligned with target pricing.

A day in the life

Allocate demand-based sourcing volumes to respective vendors / Farm aggregators in line with the buying plan.

Conduct price benchmarking at Wholesale markets to support daily price negotiations.

Manage Delivery timeline as per vendor appointments timeslots .

assuring GRN in line with payment process

Tracking vendor experience and ensure right balance between vendors and LPC expectations

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS :

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications
• 2+ years of data-driven business operations processes experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

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