Manager, Category Management - Smartphones, IN Wireless

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Amazon is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working and creative candidate to join as a Manager, Category Management for Wireless Devices.

Key job responsibilities

The Wireless Devices team in India is looking for a Manager, Category Management to own and drive scale-up of the wireless devices (Smartphones) business and critical customer-focused initiatives. The person who joins this team must share our passion and commitment for serving customers while making Amazon the preferred destination for smartphone and connected device customers. The candidate 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 OEM partners and senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.

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, lead a team to deliver org goals, have proven leadership experience in managing projects and brand relationships, and be comfortable with evolving structure in a fast-moving, launch-intensive category.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of team management experience
- 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Master's degree
- Experience with vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion or inventory management
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience working cross functionally across finance, marketing or supply chain

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams

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