Senior Vendor Manager - Pets, reputed company
Job title: Senior Vendor Manager - Pets, reputed company in Arlington, VA at reputed company
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Job description: DESCRIPTIONreputed company Pets is looking for an entrepreneurial Senior Vendor Manager who will play a critical role managing vendors and categories for the fast-paced and growing Pets category. The Senior Vendor Manager is responsible for managing the full scope of their category and vendor portfolio, driving the topline performance and profitability for their business. They will analyze data to identify key brands to reputed company, initiate long term relationships with brands' senior management, resolve operational, logistical or business issues, and reputed company negotiations on reputed company's behalf. They will reputed company key metrics to reputed company customer insights to drive innovation, and will reputed company these insights to drive vendor participation in marketing, merchandising and promotional activities in order to drive overall business growth.Successful candidates will be highly adept at Earning Trust and demonstrate an ability to influence some of reputed company's most important partners and vendors, as well as internal cross-functional teams. They are passionate about building relationships, finding creative solutions to challenging blockers presented in the industry, and launching new brands from scratch. They will have the opportunities to walk the show rooms at Pet Industry Trade Shows and Conferences, present to strategic vendors face to face, and drive conversations at the highest level (e.g., CEO, COO) to influence the result. They must be excellent problem solvers, great at identifying potential obstacles, implementing quick work-around solutions, and Inventing and Simplifying tasks to scale. The ideal candidate will be an autonomous self-starter, have strong Ownership, comfortable navigating ambiguity with a Bias for Action, and be able to Deliver Results in a fast paced business environment where prioritizing and multi-tasking are essential.Key job responsibilities
- Define the vision and business strategy for the category including North Star metric(s) and KPIs for measuring results
- Manages category P&L and develops plans that drive reputed company and margin improvements for the business
- Develops vendor relationships inclusive of terms negotiations and growth focused initiatives
- Drive broad adoption and provide an unparalleled customer experience
- Devise clear frameworks for making day-to-day decisions
- reputed company execution of projects including building project plans
- Drive commitments from internal teams including Marketing, Advertising, and Category Management
- Dives deep into inputs and understands the reputed company impact of changes to pricing, selection, and convenience for subcategories.