Director - Small and Medium Businesses , Retail Business Services SPEG

Are you ready to lead a high-impact vendor management organization? Are you energized by the challenge of building scaled solutions that drive profitable growth for tens of thousands of vendors across the world's largest e-commerce ecosystem?

• paid vendor management service, and Mass Vendor Relations (MVR)
• non paid scaled vendor management.

The business demands active navigation of multi-dimensional headwinds — including complex vendor portfolio transitions, tariff-driven profitability erosion, vendor fraud detection, and evolving marketplace dynamics — all while sustaining strong productivity improvement.

This role offers unparalleled opportunity to build and scale programs that directly impact Amazon's bottom line while enhancing the experience of thousands of vendors worldwide.

• Drive the north star vision of "no-unmanaged vendor" across WW Amazon marketplaces — building scaled, paid and non-paid vendor management solutions (AVS, VCP, MVR) that drive profitable growth for Torso/Tail vendors
• Establish and own the P&L for Torso/Tail vendors; build a shadow P&L and drive key input metrics (inventory, pricing, selection, deals) to drive business growth and profitability
• Define and execute the multi-year growth agenda — expanding Torso/Tail vendor coverage globally, scaling to new marketplaces, and reimagining delivery models

• Build Best-in-Class AVS service — enabling vendor growth through Vendor Growth Plans (VGPs)
• Lead MVR growth engine — recruit and ramp new brands, reduce activation time, and drive FCF

• Influence Retail Leaders (Country Managers, Finance, Category Leaders) across VP organizations to identify business priorities, develop joint goals, drive standardization, and jointly build the long-term strategic vision for program growth
• Lead vendor negotiation strategy — own annual vendor negotiations (AVN) and build always-on negotiation (AoN) capabilities targeting incremental FCF and CM improvement

• Champion GenAI automation to drive productivity improvement
• Build proactive detection mechanisms for vendor fraud and emerging risk MOs
• Drive Exceptional Vendor Experience (VX)— through internal and external benchmarking to understand key vendor pain points, and build the services, technologies, systems, and mechanisms to drive best-in-class VSAT

• Own the people charter — define the appropriate org structure, drive consistency in employee experience across 10 countries, drive diversity and inclusion initiatives that impact at scale
• Build mechanisms to audit employee and team performance, and cultivate a Day-1 culture of bold experimentation and GenAI upskilling
• Develop next-generation leaders across a globally distributed team
• Make bold, high-velocity decisions in areas where the operating model is actively being redefined
• Full time MBA or equivalent
• Minimum 10+ years in managing vendor relationships
• Experience managing P&L at scale across multiple geographies
• Hands-on experience in Retail, eCommerce, and supply chain functions
• Experience in complex cross-functional launches partnering with central teams- Business Education (MBA) preferred
• Familiarity or experience with autonomous systems and machine learning is a plus for this role
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; excellent interpersonal skills
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop project business cases
• Demonstrated agility in thriving within fast-paced and innovative environments
• Experience in working with diverse set of team members, stakeholders, and customers
• Track record of driving large-scale automation and GenAI adoption in operational environments

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