Amazon

Senior Category Manager, Pharmacy

Posted On

Jan. 30, 2025

Location

Bangalore, Karnataka

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Buying, Planning, & Instock Management

Apply By

Feb. 18, 2025

Job Description

External job description
Amazon.com/Amazon.in 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.in 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. The world's brightest technology minds come to Amazon to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.

About the Role:
Category Managers at Amazon have end to end responsibility of the customer experience and growth of the category they have been assigned to. Amazon strives to present its customers with the widest selection of products at the best prices - The Category manager's role is to bring in the relevant assortment, design targeted promotions, manage partners including sellers/brands and design the long term growth trajectory for the portfolio.
Category managers anticipate customer needs and incorporate them into the functional road map and will drive a major change or enhancement for customer experience influencing category needs based on their knowledge of competitive trends in the marketplace and other macro environment data.
The successful candidate for this high impact role will be a self-starter with a passion for independent, creative problem-solving, have proven data analysis skills, demonstrate great “voice” and content creation chops (i.e. strong writing skills), show strong ownership and commitment, have proven leadership experience in managing projects, and bring relevant insights in marketing and merchandising.
Eligibility Criteria
• Business, buying, or finance background
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven negotiation skills, influencing abilities
• Strong numerical and analytical aptitude
• Proven experience leading cross-functional projects
• Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting
deadlines
• Detail-oriented
• Technical aptitude and agility to learn web-based tools
• 3 to 6 years of relevant experience in an account manager/vendor manager role desired

The ideal candidate will be innovative, team oriented, an effective communicator, have a desire to
participate in change and appreciate a dynamic environment with rapidly changing priorities. We are
seeking someone with demonstrated history of successful project ownership and using customer data to
identify and prioritize opportunities. An understanding of, and passion for, e-commerce is highly
desired.
The position will be based in Bangalore.
- 5+ years of with Excel experience
- 5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience with business analysis and P&L management

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