Amazon UK Jobs – Manager

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Amazon is creating a portfolio of Private Label Brands across a range of categories: building brands and products that customers love with low prices and fast delivery. We are looking for a Manager to lead Licencing, one of our newest Private Brands businesses, in Europe. We connect manufacturers and consumers, by licencing Amazon Private Label Brands to manufacturers to develop and sell products under. We enable Selling Partners to quickly reach Amazon customers via our established brands and dedicated merchandising; and rapidly expand Amazon Private Brands selection for customers.

This role will lead the Sales and Account Management team for our Licenced Brands programme, working to onboard and grow manufacturers for our brands: Presto, Sekoa, Umi, Eono, Lifelong, Kitzy, and more. You will own our European recruitment strategy, lead and develop our Licenced Brands team, and drive product and process improvements with our worldwide partner teams.

We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience working in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment, with proven abilities to learn continuously, listen to customers, and influence across functions and geographies. You will have a high degree of ownership and a passion to pilot, test-and-learn, and build new services in an early stage Amazon programme. You also know how to pivot between thinking creatively about the vision and challenges, and driving fast implementation to deliver results.

Key job responsibilities

Creating and executing the recruitment strategy for our European 3P Licencing business.

Coaching and supporting your team of six sales/account managers to deliver their goals and develop their career.

Communicating with senior management in EU Marketplace and Worldwide Amazon Private Brands on programme decisions, impact, status, and risks.

Listening to Selling Partners and acting as the ‘voice of the customer’ internally to improve Selling Partner Experience.

Working with Program/Product teams to identify and develop process improvements and solutions focused on Selling Partners’ pain points.

Anticipating challenges/bottlenecks and balancing business objectives against constraints to move projects forward quickly.

Writing white papers to influence and build support from stakeholders for programme improvements and vision.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from a top tier university.
• 5+ years of sales management experience requiring you to define and deliver key programmes with significant, ambitious commercial results.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills, with specific experience writing white papers.
• Experience building and managing teams.
• Ability to learn fast and continuously with innate curiosity and good judgement.
• Experience working cross-functionally and influencing Product teams to drive change and build new solutions.
• Experience working in a matrix organisational structure and delivering shared goals.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in ecommerce, private label retail, or manufacturing businesses.
• Intermediate/Advanced project management skills, such as Princes2 and Lean Six Sigma.
• MBA from top tier business school.
• Proficient at SQL.
• Second language, particularly German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
• Experience working with Finance, Legal, Marketing, and PR.

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Company – Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Job ID: A2190557