Associate Marketplace Consultant Job UAE (16-Oct-2023)
Amazon, one of the world’s leaders in e-commerce, is looking for an Account Manager (business-development professional) to join its Third-Party Marketplace team based in Dubai, UAE.
DESCRIPTION:
Working in a dynamic business development environment, your role will be focused on contributing to new business acquisition through lead generation, phone/email-based business evaluation, and supporting the business launch of new sellers – as they make their wide range of products available to millions of Amazon/Souq customers. You also need to possess strong relationship-building skills and be able to explore win-win opportunities with partners – helping them grow their business on Amazon.
Key responsibilities include:
- Be your seller partners’ consultant, providing them with data-driven insights and advice to optimize their success and grow their business.
- To ensure portfolio management toward a growth plan, identify key business opportunities in your categories by spotting popular brands, trends, and pricing.
- Conduct deep dive analysis on issues affecting selling partners’ business performance and provide the Voice of the Seller as an input into product development and process improvement.
- Work closely with selling partners, educating them about Amazon’s/Souq’s high standards of delivery and Customer Experience.
- Track and report business development results, analyze data, interpret reports and information, and publish recommendations & action plans for your portfolio of selling partners.
- Partner with multiple stakeholders to align programs and initiatives to help drive the growth of your selling partners portfolio.
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years’ of related experience.
- Negotiation and selling skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Management, Engineering or related degree required.
- Demonstrated analytical ability, either in professional experience (data analysis) or education.
- Excellent written and oral communication (English); able to express thoughts logically and succinctly.
- Entrepreneurial drive and demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment.
- Computer skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Toys or Sports business
- Masters Degree in Management, Business or related degree required.
- Previous experience and demonstrated track record in account management, product marketing or management consulting roles.
- E-Commerce or Retail experience in GCC preferred.
- Knowledge of Advanced Excel, SQL, sales and productivity tools like Oracle Business Intelligence, Salesforce is a plus.