Category Manager - Branded Giftcards
Amazon, Australia

Vendor Manager, Branded Giftcards
Amazon strives to be the 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.

Job Description
Amazon Australia is seeking an experienced category vendor manager to lead the third party giftcards/other Branded Gift cards category. This role will entail vendor managing and interacting with different brands listed as a part of the category in addition to developing marketing campaigns on-Amazon to drive sales and new customer acquisition through these gift cards. Creating a sustainable, innovative, scalable business and keep building a forward-looking strategy for the category.
Gift Cards on Amazon have a proven track record of contributing significantly to the growth and success of Amazon, and in Australia we expect gift cards to be a leading channel for new customer acquisition and increasing customer engagement. The category manager will define the category strategy and work with Product Management to launch the category, Retail/Vendor Management, Business Development, Design, Business Intelligence and Finance colleagues to execute on a comprehensive digital and offline marketing plan for these gift cards. The candidate will also work with the sellers and the brands directly to increase selection, negotiate & launch brand funded promotions on Amazon and drive value for Amazon customers.
We are seeking a customer-obsessed individual who is passionate about giftcards and the intersection of it with commerce, focusing on how to remove friction and drive value for Amazon customers through the category.

Core Responsibilities:
· Business Strategy: Define the category strategy that drives new customer acquisition and increases engagement with existing customers.
· Planning and Analysis: Drive business planning activities across the payments and retails teams, and use customer/market insights, 3rd party research and benchmarking data to inform decision making.
· Operations: Work with Tech team to launch the category. Manage inventory and planning for various brands on an on-going basis. Execute digital merchandising plans for Branded gift cards. Work with sellers and brands to develop, test, launch and evaluate different customer facing propositions & promotions.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree
· 5+ years in business development, product management, marketing program management or related function
· Excellent oral and written communication skills
· Strong analytical skills and ability to independently seek out the relevant tools to achieve results
· Demonstrable ability to engage, influence and align individuals of varying levels of seniority and tenure, externally and internally
· Comfortable working with both local and globally dispersed colleagues
· Must be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and using sound judgement in critical business-decision making

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· MBA preferred
· Prior experience in strategic digital marketing
· Prior experience in the Giftcards, consumer payments or consumer goods/retail industry, or both!
· Fun, engaging, innovation and team-oriented personality

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