Amazon

Category Manager, Sports, Amazon

Posted On

June 16, 2025

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Buying, Planning, & Instock Management

Apply By

July 29, 2025

Job Description

A Category Manager at Amazon is a passionate customer and category advocate within Amazon, with proven analytical capabilities and project management skills, extreme attention to detail, and the ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task. The Category Manager must be an effective negotiator, leader and communicator in working with some of Amazon’s most important partners and vendors, as well as with internal cross-functional teams. S/he is expected to drive projects of high complexity and operates with significant autonomy and discretion while influencing other external teams.

Key job responsibilities
The successful Category Manager must be able to:
• Act as the ‘business owner’ for her/his categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact our business
• Have a thorough understanding of the industry, trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments
• Strong focus on customer needs, both existing and potential, and use that knowledge to deliver a customer experience that is unparalleled
• Identify new opportunities, develop and execute project plans,
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external parties, while meeting tight deadlines
• Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet goals

A day in the life
1. Talking to brands
2. Focus on input improvement
3. SME area workstreams- 3+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- 2+ years of market research analyst, product manager, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of doing one of several roles: quantitative/financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, pricing, marketing or e-commerce experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration

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