Regional Head- North (Seller Affiliates), Seller Affiliates

• Make high judgement decisions: S/he will make strategic choices to develop the region (for e.g., cost vs. value, wider coverage vs narrow focus, proven models vs. emerging ones, 3PC vs FTE) to deliver the most effective route to market.
• Enabling high Performances: People development in 3rd party teams comes with unique hurdles like capability challenges (mostly undergrads or freshers who are expected to drive metrics driven internally by internal teams). S/he will also have to think ahead of the curve to deploy L&D mechanisms, simplify processes, leverage deep integration initiatives to drive performance.
• Managing large remote teams: In addition to managing a large internal team spread across 5 cities, the role holder will also oversee extended partner teams by implementing proper people and performance management structures, RnR etc.
• Leading by Influence: As the face of Amazon to external partners, s/he will be involved in engaging and negotiating complex commercial terms independently at CXO levels. Internally, the role will influence leaders across other teams to drive priorities and partnerships.

Key job responsibilities

• Strategy- Thought leadership to own and deliver a result backward go-to-market strategy, accelerate brand owner/distributor acquisition, and drive seller success.
• Channel development- Adapt and execute partner developmental frameworks basis local market nuances to evolve, engage and retain a strong and robust SA partners base.
• Lead Execution Mechanisms- Ensure width & depth of metrics/priorities such as Acquisition, Inputs and Outputs get delivered across a large partner base.
• Enablers: i) Liaison with COE team to generate insights and strive for execution excellence. ii) Ensure business compliance guardrails and legal compliances are adhered to.
• Category Liaison: Own engagement with category teams to co-develop and execute strategic frameworks to drive new selection acquistion & efficiency, filling up of SIC brand gaps and execute category inputs to deliver value.

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of sales experience
• Experience analyzing data and best practices to assess performance drivers
• Experience and understanding of the retail and wholesale landscape in India and exposure to prior interactions with sellers and distributors
• Experience managing teams
• Experience planning, managing and closing competitive sales efforts and managing deals from negotiation, to closing and through delivery
• Experience proactively growing customer relationships within an account while expanding their understanding of the customer's business

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience influencing C-level executives
• Experience managing a team and training/on-boarding new members