Brand Specialist

About the Role

As a Brand Specialist, you will focus on delivering 5 core focus areas for the brand: Selection, demand generation, catalogue quality, business advice and availability.

The person who joins the leadership team in this position must share our passion and commitment to serving our customers. This ideal candidate should have experience in forging and building brand relationships. Some understanding of planning product cycles and selling online is preferred. The right candidate will be flexible, action and results-oriented, self-starting and have strong analytical skills. He or she must have a proven track record in taking ownership, driving results and moving with speed to implement ideas in a fast-paced environment. He should be entrepreneurial with the confidence to make independent, data-driven decisions. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to succeed at planning and forecasting, and driving an online business. The candidate must be an effective communicator in working with some of Amazon’s most important partners and vendors, as well as with internal colleagues and groups.

Responsibilities

• Building selection: Identify selection gaps. Track the brand’s offline catalogue to ensure all relevant selection is present on Amazon.
• Demand generation: Responsible for demand generation. This includes working with other members of the category management team to create a marketing calendar based on the vendor's objectives
• Business Advice: Support participation of a brand in Amazon programs
• Availability: Ensuring continuous availability of products
• Catalogue Quality on Amazon: Ensuring the best input from the brand is updated for customer interface on Amazon Detail Pages through perfect Images, Product descriptions, etc.

Basic Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive results
• Ability to think strategically and tactically, with excellent attention to detail
• Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills are essential
• A track record of success in past roles
• The candidate must be fluent in English
• Bachelor's degree is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management.
• Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment
• A Master's degree is preferred
• Experience in customer-facing sectors such as Retail, FMCG is preferred
• The position will be based in Amazon’s office in Bangalore.