Amazon

Head of Public Sector Sales, Amazon Business Canada

Amazon$191K — $258K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience with global, cross-functional teams in business development and marketing.
  • Proven track record in leading and managing teams.
  • Background in business development or sales within technology or e-commerce sectors.
  • 5+ years of procurement experience preferred.
  • Proficiency in CRMs like Salesforce and MS Office Suite.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the Go-To-Market strategy for Public Sector clients.
  • Manage sales functions while collaborating with Tech and category teams.
  • Define and implement long-term business strategies based on market trends.
  • Coordinate cross-functional initiatives to enhance customer service.
  • Drive innovative solutions to complex industry challenges.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP).
  • Paid time off and resources for health and well-being.
  • Opportunity for sign-on bonuses and restricted stock units (RSUs).
Full Job Description
Amazon Business Canada (AB CA) is seeking a dynamic and motivated Head of Public Sector Sales to drive Go-To-Market strategy for Education, Government, Nonprofit, and Healthcare customers. This individual will manage an organization with ownership Public Sales while influencing the Marketing, Tech, category teams, and other partners supporting AB. They will be responsible for defining the business strategy for Public Sector customers and coordinating with multiple teams to better understand and serve Canada's customer needs. The successful candidate will be entrepreneurial, innovative, and excel at "Thinking Big," while also driving the day to day business of a large, fast-growing company. Defining and implementing long term business strategies and products based on industry trends and competitive analysis, as well as, the ability to think outside of the box to solve complex problems are key to success. You are a strong leader who can influence executives, prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly and understand how to deliver excellent results within a strong and talented team, as well as, being able to drive change across other organizations. The role requires innovative thinking and a strong customer and quality focus. Key job responsibilities Senior sales leader who owns Go-To-Market strategy for Education, Government, Nonprofit, and Healthcare customers while building and scaling org-wide initiatives including Managed Spend, and RFx/contracting. You will manage an organization with ownership of Sales while influencing the Tech, category teams, and other partners supporting AB, and are responsible for defining Public Sector business strategy to serve CA business customer needs. About the team Amazon Business is re-inventing the way businesses shop in Canada. Launched in 2019, AB CA is applying the same entrepreneurial and innovative approach that delivered the Amazon.com shopping experience, new technologies, products (like our Amazon Echo, Kindle e-readers, and tablets), and enterprise services (like Amazon Web Services). With our drive to reinvent on behalf of business customers, we are focused on building Amazon Business into the largest and most innovative Business-to-Business (B2B) marketplace in the world. Our customers include individual professionals, small businesses to large institutions (and everything in between) from every industry vertical. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Experience working with global and cross-functional teams across business development, marketing, operations, product development and legal - Experience managing people and leading a team - Experience in business development/sales/sales-engineering/consulting (top-tier firm), preferably in the technology, internet and e-commerce sectors PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years of procurement experience - Experience with MS Office Suite, CRMs (Salesforce) and other systems - Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross-functional teams - Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes, or experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status. CAN, ON, Toronto - 191,200.00 - 258,100.00 CAD annually

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Market Cap
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Net Income
$21.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+28.1%
Revenue
$386 billion
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