Head of Category Management, Consumables

8+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- 5+ years of team management experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
- Experience at a senior level ideally in an e-commerce, retail, key account management or consulting role

There's never been a more exciting time to join Amazon
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 destination.
Amazon Australia is growing at an exceptional rate as we work to create an awesome shopping experience for Australians. New team members are joining us every day in our mission to be the most customer-centric company of earth.
To reach our aspiration, we need talented, bright, and driven people just like you If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history by joining the amazing team at Amazon and to take a first step and building a brilliant career.
The Australia team is seeking to add a Head of Category Management to join our team and develop the Consumables business for Amazon. This role is the single threaded Leader for categories within the Consumables business in Australia including some of our largest retail categories by revenue.
The individual will be both a player and a coach with exceptional multi-tasking skills, able to re-balance priorities and seamlessly transition between the short-term and laying the foundations for scale in the long term with in-depth knowledge of the P&L, multiple Retail functions and the ability to influence multi-level/-functional stakeholders.
We are a diverse workforce - our people bring many different experiences to our mission and many different types of leaders succeed here. Some things we look for in particular:

- High level of motivation with a results orientation
- Analytical acumen and a passion for solving problems (many of which are complex)
- Ability to make decisions in the face of ambiguity
- Ability to deliver, matched with resilience when things don’t go our way the first time
- Willingness to roll up our sleeves to get things done
- Excellent communication skills
- Enjoyment for leading and developing a high performing team
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- Our team operates out of our fabulous CBD office, conveniently located near many transportation options.
Amazon offers employees a competitive remuneration package, including participation in the company stock plan as applicable. We also look after our people with benefits, such as subsidized private health insurance, superannuation and paid parental leave options, amongst others.
Key job responsibilities
- Full P&L responsibility, including planning, forecasting and driving growth for the respective categories. Must be adept at understanding internal and external variables (inputs) that impact the business and how to deploy against each to attain the desired results.
- Strong passion for hiring, developing and leading a team of Category Managers.
- Proven record of driving strategic negotiations and delivering outsized results.
- Comfortable representing Amazon when meeting with senior executive teams from top suppliers.
- Effective at setting goals and strategic direction for the business, ensuring alignment with broader business goals and vision.
- Skilled communicator in working with Amazon partners and suppliers, as well as with internal groups such as buying, site merchandising, marketing, PR, finance, operations, and retail systems to deliver innovation and a better customer experience.
- Strong in cross functional collaboration on necessary systems and processes to support business needs, including retail systems, site merchandising and in-stock.
- Adept at identifying industry trends that are relevant to customer selection and experience.
- MBA
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
- Experience with vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion or inventory management

**Acknowledgement of country**:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
**IDE statement**:
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.