Category Manager, Books,

2 days ago


Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Amazon Full time
Own Category topline, core flywheel inputs of selection, speed, pricing and deep engagement and scope to impact customer experience and marketing engagement.

Key job responsibilities
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 more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform. Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company's DNA.

About the Role:
The Books market segment opportunity in India is incredibly large - estimated at $50B in 2022 and growing to over $60B by 2025. The size of prize makes this category one of the most exciting and keenly pursued consumer opportunity in the Indian internet landscape. To increase the online penetration for readers and learners is the north-star vision for Books business on Amazon.in. The Books team is organized to make decisive progress in this must win and critical priority for A.in.
The Books business is housed in the Media organization which also includes Toys, Personal Care appliances (PCA) and Video Games/Software (VG/S).
The A.in Books/Media team is looking for an entrepreneurial Senior Category Manager, to help us deliver our ambitious growth objective. As Sr. CM, the candidate will independent ownership of a category, and will center on three critical growth building blocks for the category within Books (1) Strategic initiatives for the category e.g. Used Books, Global Books Selection scale up in India, and Monetization avenues (2) Manage the category topline and inputs directly and influence programs to build a solid trajectory for Books P&L via big rocks around core inputs, large brand management, customer delighters, conversion and ASP driving business (3) Influence on external (Seller) and internal (Acc Mgt, Pricing, Selection, Product and Marketing) teams to drive business growth. The mandate will also give the opportunity the Sr.CM to work on SME areas across Media categories and will require muscle around working with mechanisms to influence leaders across teams and drive execution with rigor.
We expect the Sr. CM to be a passionate customer and category advocate within Amazon, with proven execution skills, stakeholder management, attention to detail, and the ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task. The candidate must be an effective leader and communicator to be able to work with many internal cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, with good customer and business understanding and demonstrate a high level of ownership, bias for action and customer obsession. Our growth charter has predefined updates cadence with Amazon India leadership and the candidate will be expected to own reports for her mandate with these stakeholders.- 3+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
- Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership- Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
- Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development

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