Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion-dollar global business. At Amazon Business, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech and retail in the B2B space, developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations reimagine buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible and join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business; unlocking our potential worldwide!

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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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

Sr Category Adoption Manager, Managed Spend Category Adoption