Job Description

DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a passionate, experienced and analytical business professional based in India. The Account Manager will be primarily responsible for 1) managing vendors at scale; 2) improving business terms and developing the marketing and promotion strategy at scale; 3) driving the top and bottom line of the business while working closely with Singapore and MENA teams to drive operational improvements; and 4) own vendor relationship to drive vendor self-sufficiency in long-term. The candidate should have experience in analyzing opportunities for systematic improvements in business management function and building strong processes and standard operating procedures to drive process-improvements. He/She should be comfortable managing multiple responsibilities within a fast-paced environment and preferably with experience in e-commerce.

The successful Account Manager:
- Manages day to day business relationship, and proactively and autonomously negotiates costs, promotional opportunities, and other business inputs.
- Conducts pricing and ROI analysis and makes recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin.
- Possess a good understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business.
- Uses data to identify trends, opportunities and risks and translate those insights into actions to drive long-term growth.
- Identifies opportunities for systematic process improvement and drives those improvements at scale.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Bangalore, KA, IND

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor\'s degree
- Relevant experience in retail or business management (could include buying, product management, program management, financial analysis) with a proven history of delivering results
- Experience in negotiations, pricing, or inventory management
- Proficiency with Excel and strong analytical acumen
- Good communication (verbal and written) and collaboration skills that enable you to earn trust at all levels
- Business focused thinking, an ability to focus on key issues and a strong hands-on, results driven mentality

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- BBA/Btech with relevant business experience
- Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
- Ability to operate simultaneously and effectively in both tactical and strategic modes
- A great deal of personal initiative, creativity, decisiveness and team spirit
- Intermediate Excel skills

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