Associate Vendor Manager

Overview: Appario Retail Private Limited:

Appario Retail Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Frontizo Business Services Private Limited (Frontizo). Frontizo is a joint venture of Amazon Asia Pacific Holdings Pvt. Ltd., Zodiac Wealth Advisors LLP, and Zaffre LLC. Appario is a prominent seller on the Amazon India marketplace and is currently operating in Consumer electronics categories (Wireless, consumer electronics, personal computing, musical instruments, office and home appliances). Our vision is to be India's most customer centric company. We aspire to expand our selection in the categories we operate to every item that our customers want. We want to offer such products at the most competitive price. We intend to make these products available in such a way that these products reach the customers in the shortest possible time. We have a culture and practice of customer centricity, hiring and developing the best, insisting on the highest standards, calculated risk taking and delivering results.

Designation: Associate Vendor Manager

Location: Bangalore, KA (IN)

Are you customer obsessed, relentlessly focused on achieving high standards, street smart, analytical, strategic yet execution focused, hungry and passionate about E-commerce, an experienced and entrepreneurial leader with a strong work ethic? If yes, then this is definitely your opportunity to shine! About the Role

As an Associate Vendor Manager, you will focus on delivering a world-class customer experience and exceptional sales and margin growth for the sub-categories that you are responsible for as we rapidly expand and grow our selection from around the world.

Responsibilities: This incumbent will have responsibility for:

- Building selection and terms negotiation: Will be responsible for determining customer market needs, growing selection across sub-categories, brands and use cases, managing vendor partners, optimizing vendor terms and getting support for marketing campaigns.

- Pricing and Demand generation: Responsible for pricing and demand generation. This includes working with other members on the category management team to come up with innovative promotions and site features to improve customer experience.

- Business planning and communication to senior management: Develop a short-term and long-term plan for growth and report to Senior Management on a regular basis on the state of key top line and bottom-line metrics and risk factors.

- Innovation: Invent and drive continuous process improvement and automation across our systems to allow us to scale a fast-growing business. This will include liaising with the global Appario community to drive innovation and share best practice.

Basic Qualifications

- 0 to 2 years of relevant experience.

- Demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive results

- Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management.

- Ability to think strategically and tactically, with excellent attention to detail

- Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment

- Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills are essential

- A track record of success in past roles

- Candidate must be fluent in English

- Bachelor's degree is mandatory

Mandatory Qualifications

- Master's degree from Top educational institutions. (Tier 1 or Tier 2)

- Experience in Consumer-facing sectors such as Retail, FMCG etc. is preferred

NOTE: Appario is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.