Amazon

Sr Category Adoption Manager, Managed Spend Category Adoption

Amazon$113K — $160K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of B2B or enterprise sales experience with a focus on new business acquisition.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  • Proven track record in negotiating and closing deals across varied customer engagement levels.
  • Familiarity with sales CRM tools, particularly Salesforce.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct deep customer discovery sessions to tailor procurement solutions based on spend analysis.
  • Qualify, propose, and close new business deals to surpass sales targets.
  • Communicate customer needs to internal Amazon teams through written reports.
  • Act as the Voice of the Customer for important internal stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with partners to enhance customer engagement and loyalty.
  • Analyze sales results to refine overall sales strategy.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
  • 401(k) matching contributions.
  • Generous paid time off policy including parental leave.
  • Options for health-related financial support such as Flexible Spending Accounts and Mental Health resources.
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
Full Job Description
Key job responsibilities • Engage in deep discovery with customers to advise on ideal procurement solutions utilizing a diverse suite of product features in concert with in-depth analysis of spend. • Qualify, solution and close deals to exceed targets for new business acquisition. • Relay market needs and requirements back to internal Amazon teams including Product, Tech, Supplier Operations, and Category Management, often via writing. • Be the Voice of Customer with key internal Amazon stakeholders. • Prioritize collaboration with selling partners to maintain high levels of customer engagement and mindshare. • Analyze results to evolve sales strategy over time and inform the business. About the team Are you a top performing B2B sales champion looking to own driving an indirect category spend growth strategy among the largest businesses in the world? Are you an expert in helping businesses manage their indirect spend more effectively through creating prescriptive procure-to-pay solutions? The Amazon Business team is dedicated to developing solutions that make procurement easy for businesses. Category Adoption Managers are an integral component of our growth strategy, acting as subject matter experts in procure-to-pay to advise our largest customers on innovative modes of spend-management. As a Category Adoption Manager, you will have the exciting opportunity to co-own the new-business acquisition sales motion with our largest customers, while helping refine our forward-looking sales strategy. The ideal candidate will have B2B sales experience identifying, developing, negotiating and closing highly comply large-scale deals. The candidate should be a highly analytical self-starter with a proven track record of meeting and exceeding goals with experience selling category solutions (i.e. Office, IT, JanSan expertise). The ideal candidate collaborates with partner teams effectively and influences business partners to achieve the best customer experience. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years of B2B or enterprise sales with a focus on hunting new business experience - Bachelor's degree or equivalent - Experience identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing opportunities across a wide spectrum of customer engagement levels - Experience with sales CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar software - Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 7+ years of B2B or enterprise sales with a focus on hunting new business experience - Extensive outside sales experience selling B2B Solutions in core customer spend categories: IT, Jan-San and/or MRO supplies and services - Deep multi-phase pipeline and deal management and execution experience: planning, opportunity qualification and creation, stakeholder and executive communication, needs analysis, value engineering, partner engagement, opportunity management, and negotiation proficiencies 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, AZ, Tempe - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually USA, CA, Santa Monica - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually USA, GA, Atlanta - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually USA, IL, Chicago - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually USA, MA, Boston - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually USA, NY, New York - 124,400.00 - 176,400.00 USD annually USA, TX, Austin - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually USA, TX, Dallas - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually USA, VA, Arlington - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually USA, WA, Seattle - 113,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

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