Key job responsibilities
Strategic Growth: Identifying growth opportunities, growing and developing relationships with strategic partners in support of the business. The leader will set challenging yet achievable short and long-range strategic plans, priorities, goals and objectives to consistently meet or exceed business growth objectives.
Development Skills: Strong ability to move initiatives from concept to reality. Skilled at navigation at a senior level to obtain internal buy-in within the organization and own all decisions required to activate local teams to execute with speed and precision. Serves as a change agent for business improvements, new initiatives and processes. Lead the negotiation of new retail business models, including terms negotiations with retail partners.
Drive: a sales playbook with a customer service approach. You should also have a clear understanding of, and experience with, National Accounts (Best Buy, Costco, Target); leveraging all aspects effectively to execute plans regarding distribution, merchandising, pricing, product placement and marketing programs.
Leadership: Lead a small team of experienced sales and account managers while cultivating and developing the broader sales organization as the business scales.
Partnerships: with cross functional groups to accurately drive sales forecasting, sales planning, and budgeting. Be analytically driven using business intelligence, data, metrics, and insights to drive decision making.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of business development, partnership management, or sourcing new business experience
- 5+ years of professional or military experience
- Experience managing teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with emerging technologies
- Experience developing efficient and scalable sales operations processes
- MBA
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $142,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.