
Senior Vendor Manager, US Apparel
Seattle, WAJob$121–164K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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The Senior Vendor Manager, US Apparel role at Amazon focuses on monitoring industry trends, managing category P&L, developing selection and growth solutions, and improving customer experience. The role works with vendors and internal teams, using data and business analysis to support brand performance. It also involves identifying customer needs and opportunities to improve products, services, processes, systems, and tools.
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Description
VM's at Amazon are responsible for monitoring and reacting to industry trends and own the top and bottom lines of the P&L. They will develop selection and categories, deliver innovative growth solutions and work with internal teams to deliver the best customer experience. VMs work with vendors of all sizes • and possess leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels. VMs work across multiple internal teams, at high levels of leadership, to address customer experience issues within the category. We span a wide range of specialist skills, from data analytics and account management to brand development and ad sales. You'll be working with some of the smartest minds in e-commerce.
Key job responsibilities
Amazon retail teams work to help improve the selection and shopping experience for customers across our product categories, from books to fashion, electronics to grocery, movies and music to toys and health & beauty, and everything in between. As a retail VMVM's at Amazon are responsible for monitoring and reacting to industry trends and own the top and bottom lines of the P&L. They will develop selection and categories, deliver innovative growth solutions and work with internal teams to deliver the best customer experience. VMs work with vendors of all sizes • and possess leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels. VMs work across multiple internal teams, at high levels of leadership, to address customer experience issues within the category. We span a wide range of specialist skills, from data analytics and account management to brand development and ad sales. You'll be working with some of the smartest minds in e-commerce. in one of those categories, you will learn how Amazon handles its e-commerce retail business. Working alongside a vendor manager to help provide a suite of services designed to support Amazon's most strategic brands within one of our retail categories. Your priority will be to work backwards from the customer, identifying inputs to grow brands and improve their performance.
Job responsibilities include:
•Develop the analytical and problem-solving skills that our people are known for support vendor managers as well as Amazonians in other functions, such as in-stock and marketing
Amazon advertising sits at the intersection of advertising and e-commerce. Customers visit us every day to find, discover, and buy products, so we're obsessed with making the shopping experience the best it can be • and advertising is a part of that experience. As an intern, you'll gain a deep understanding of Amazon's display advertising products as well as our technical and operational capabilities. You'll learn when and how we can create custom opportunities, and you'll help our account managers create compelling presentations to delight our clients.
Amazon merchant services covers all third party merchants' activity related to selling on Amazon as well as the specific services and products we offer to help develop and grow these sellers. As an intern, you will be responsible for helping our account managers to deliver new business growth across Amazon's third party merchants.
Job Responsibilities Include:
•Build an understanding of customer pain points, requirements, and potential value that can be delivered by advertising or merchant services
•Identify target accounts using market data and industry intelligence
•Learn the advertising or merchant services portfolio and the Amazon culture
•Identify opportunities to improve our products, services, processes, systems, and tools
•Work with different parts of the Amazon business to implement improvement projects, including working with category teams, product teams, and technical support teams
Basic Qualifications
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5+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
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Bachelor's degree
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Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
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Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration
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Experience using data to influence business decisions
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Experience with business analysis and P&L management
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
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Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices
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Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,028 open Vendor Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$121–164K/yr
- Washington median$116–162K/yr52 salary ranges
- US median$118–170K/yr660 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $143K, is close to the Washington median midpoint ($140K) — in the middle half of Vendor Management salary ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 54 open Vendor Management jobs in Washington and 1,028 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Vendor Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (928 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 344 of the 1,028 open Vendor Management jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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