Trainee (m/w/d) Vendor Management Softlines - Munich

Job Description

Are you passionate about e-Commerce, keen to get to know Amazon’s Commercial Finance organization, and gain deep insight into the financial systems, processes, and want to learn all about it? Do you want to take on responsibility early in your career and oversee projects independently? Then become part of Amazon and write history with us! We are looking for highly motivated, analytically-minded graduates ready to join our Amazon Graduate E-Commerce Trainee Program with focus on Commercial Finance in Munich starting in October 2024!

As an Amazon Graduate E-Commerce Trainee, a wide variety of challenging opportunities are waiting for you in the E-Commerce world of Vendor Management (Retail). During the 24-month trainee program, you will be supported by senior leaders, experts and mentors who will help you gain practical experience in a dynamic, international environment from day one through on-the-job training. In rotations of several months to other teams, you will get to know a wide variety of Amazon divisions. You and your manager will customize your rotations based on your skill-set and development goals. In each rotation you will be actively involved in strategic projects to improve the customer experience at Amazon. At the end of the trainee program you will be ready to take on a position in our Vendor or Partner Management teams.

Key job responsibilities
About the Program
- Start: October 2024
- Duration: 24 months, four rotations
- Location: Munich
- Two Paths Available: Vendor Management (Retail)
- Mandatory rotation: 6-months Commercial Finance
- Rotation opportunities in various additional areas: Advertising, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Prime Management, Amazon Business, Amazon Fresh, etc.
- Collaborate and lead projects as a part of an international team
- True ownership and responsibility from Day 1: You will own your business unit and project to enhance process efficiencies in your department
- Mentoring and a variety of training opportunities
- Exceptional career opportunities after the program in a global network: You will own the decision about your next career step within the global Amazon network.

Vendor Management (Retail) Focus:
In the area of Vendor Management, you are an entrepreneur within the company and responsible for the relationship with our strategic suppliers or entire product categories.
- Connect with new suppliers, negotiate conditions, make business decisions and develop marketing strategies
- Work together with international teams from Product Management, Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Finance to continuously improve the customer experience in your product category
- Learn all relevant processes of our Retail business


We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Munich, BY, DEU

Basic Qualifications:

- Master‘s degree in Business Administration (ideally with a focus on Sales, Purchasing or Logistics), Business Informatics, Finance, Economics or a similar degree required
- Minimum two internships completed (ideally in the areas of E-Commerce, Consulting, Sales or Logistics)
- Experience in an international environment (ideally through a semester or internship abroad)
- Fluent written and verbal communication in English is a mandatory requirement
- Experience working with Excel (vlookup, index-match, pivot tables, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

- Excellent communication skills with ability to advise internal and external contacts
- SQL, PowerBI, VBA
- Quickly grasp and enjoy working with numbers and data
- Ability to think analytically and strategically
- Outstanding analytical skills and problem solving
- Fluent written and verbal communication in English and German


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