Principal Program Manager

Amazon.ae

Dubai, UAE

Ref: RP971-563

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

DESCRIPTION

The MENA Marketplace team is seeking a big-thinker, influencer and problem solver to take Souq.com Fulfilled By Souq (FBS) program to the next level. Role is the single-threaded FBA product leader for Middle East, responsible for driving product vision, strategy, roadmap, implementation, and adoption with shared P&L goals for the 3P Seller business on Souq.com

The leader will work in close partnership with the Operations (Supply Chain, Trans, FC Ops), Tech, Retail and Finance teams. Further, s/he will serve as a key member of the leadership team to define and deliver Middle East FBA goals.

Souq.com, an Amazon Company, is the largest ecommerce site in the Arab world. Every month, Souq.com attracts more than 41 million visits to its catalogue of more than 8.5 million unique products in 35 different categories. Established in 2005, Souq.com today operates both as an award-winning retail business and an online marketplace that allows SMEs, merchants, brands and distributors to distribute their products online. With more than 4,000 employees, Souq.com has offices and local operations in UAE, Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and leading Product and Engineering centers in Jordan and India.

The successful candidate will have a supply chain and program management background, be detail-oriented, skilled at global supply chain strategies, and excel in creative problem solving and program management. S/he will have a wide range of responsibilities including forecasting and strategic planning, collaborating with key partners to improve performance, and helping to optimize seller experience. S/he will be able to work in a fast-paced environment, creatively solve complex issues and build scalable mechanisms of continuous improvement.

Keys to success in this role include exceptional program management, strong communication and collaboration skills, and analytic skills. The candidate needs to be able to coordinate across multiple work streams, and be able to communicate clearly appropriate triggers and actions.

Requirements

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or a Supply Chain/Operations discipline
- 8+ years of relevant work experience in management, process improvement and/or digital/high-technology companies/products
- 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional international projects and programs with tight deadlines
- Track record of working in an ambiguous environment and demonstrated the ability to define processes that can scale
- Experience in supply chain or operations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, building relationships
- Strong leadership skills and experience managing people
- Demonstrated ability to work in different systems and making recommendations on improvements for both systems and processes
- Willingness to "roll up sleeves and do what needs to get done" to consistently deliver results

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders:
- Exhibits excellent business judgment
- Hires great people, develops great people
- Has relentlessly high standards
- Thinks strategically, but stays on top of tactical execution
- Expects and requires innovation of their team
- Thinks big and has convictions
- Is action and results oriented
- Is highly analytical and structured
- Has the innate ability to inspire passion in others
- Is a superb negotiator

About the Company

Amazon.ae, formerly Souq.com, is an English-Arabic language e-commerce platform, owned by Amazon, Inc. It is the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com for $580 million. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com became known as Amazon.ae.

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