DESCRIPTION
Are you passionate about e-commerce? Are you looking to join a community of business development professionals that supports the growth of small and medium-sized businesses? Or want to solve complex business problems with strategic impact for a population of selling partners? Amazon, one of the world’s leaders in e-commerce, is looking for an Account Manager (business-development professional) to join its Third-Party Marketplace team based in Dubai, UAE.
Working in a dynamic business development environment, your role will be focused on contributing to new business acquisition through lead generation, phone/email-based business evaluation, and supporting the business launch of new sellers as they make their wide range of products available to millions of Amazon/Souq customers. You also need to possess strong relationship-building skills and be able to explore win-win opportunities with partners helping them grow their business on Amazon. In addition, you will be responsible for incorporating feedback from the sellers into new opportunities to improve Amazon’s products, services, processes, systems, and tools for all 3rd party sellers, working with cross-functional teams.
To be successful in this role, you must have superior analytical, communication, and presentation skills. Operating in a fast-moving and sometimes ambiguous environment, working autonomously and taking full control & responsibility for achieving business objectives.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years’ of related experience.
- Negotiation and selling skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Management, Engineering or related degree required
- Demonstrated analytical ability, either in professional experience (data analysis) or education
- Excellent written and oral communication (English); able to express thoughts logically and succinctly
- Entrepreneurial drive and demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment
- Computer skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 6 years’ of related experience
- Experience in one or more of Beauty, Baby, Personal Care categories
- Masters Degree in Management, Business or related degree required.
- Previous experience and demonstrated track record in account management, product marketing or management consulting roles.
- E-Commerce or Retail experience in GCC preferred
- Knowledge of Advanced Excel, SQL, sales and productivity tools like Oracle Business Intelligence, Salesforce is a plus
