What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Category Manager , Ring Sales position at Ring?
Description
Ring is looking for a driven, strategic, customer-centric Senior Category Manager with experience working in a high growth business operation. The Senior Category Manager will be solution-focused and analytical, an expert practitioner in analyizing competitive environments, and have a strong bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. The candidate will have proven experience delivering results both within and outside his/her organization. In this role, you will work cross functionally with business leaders across the company — including GTM, Marketing, Channel, Sales, Supply Chain, and Finance — to strengthen Ring’s position in the marketplace as well as drive sales and strategic growth in Offline and Online channels. This candidate will ensure that developed strategies across critical categories and product verticals win with our customers.
Successful candidates must work well in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment, and will work alongside highly collaborative and entrepreneurial colleagues in a startup environment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AI technologies, demonstrated experience in AI prompt engineering, and the ability to leverage AI tools for advanced analytics. Additionally, strong Excel Skills and experience in forecasting both unit/financial performance are critical in this role.
Key job responsibilities
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USA, WA, Bellevue - 136,000.00 - 184,100.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A3208033
Ring is looking for a driven, strategic, customer-centric Senior Category Manager with experience working in a high growth business operation. The Senior Category Manager will be solution-focused and analytical, an expert practitioner in analyizing competitive environments, and have a strong bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. The candidate will have proven experience delivering results both within and outside his/her organization. In this role, you will work cross functionally with business leaders across the company — including GTM, Marketing, Channel, Sales, Supply Chain, and Finance — to strengthen Ring’s position in the marketplace as well as drive sales and strategic growth in Offline and Online channels. This candidate will ensure that developed strategies across critical categories and product verticals win with our customers.
Successful candidates must work well in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment, and will work alongside highly collaborative and entrepreneurial colleagues in a startup environment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AI technologies, demonstrated experience in AI prompt engineering, and the ability to leverage AI tools for advanced analytics. Additionally, strong Excel Skills and experience in forecasting both unit/financial performance are critical in this role.
Key job responsibilities
- Develop and lead weekly, monthly, and annual business reviews and sales planning processes.
- Develop AI-based analytics dashboards and reporting systems to lead implementation of category learnings, insight and business strategies, driving prioritization and mitigation of risks substantiated and balanced by sound business/market rationale and thought leadership.
- Manage and own the promotional strategy and planning across all channels including iteration, developing a bundling strategy, modeling, forecasting, and post-analysis reporting to inform our decision making on future programs.
- Develop AI driven category optimization strategies to increase customer awareness, and creating processes to better manage the performance of the category over the long term.
- Partner with retail teams in offline and online channels regarding strategic business planning, identifying opportunities, and evaluating marketing solutions that drive profitable sales growth.
- Partner with sales in crafting analysis, actions, and messaging for key strategic topics, as well as monthly/quarterly business review meetings.
- Foster and facilitate alignment across the sales and marketing business unit around data and insights to develop the view on global growth and household formation.
- Work closely with Planning and GTM teams to imbue business cases with objective strategic rationale for build/forecasting meetings.
- 5 years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with end to end product delivery
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience as a product manager or owner
- Experience owning technology products
- 2 years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
- Proficient in AI prompting/AI-leveraged analytics.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex AI insights into actionable business strategies
- Experience with AI-driven market analysis and competitive intelligence tools
- Experience in influencing senior leadership through data driven insights
- Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders
- Experience leading AI transformation initiatives in strategic planning or category management
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.
USA, WA, Bellevue - 136,000.00 - 184,100.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A3208033