Sr Business Development Manager, Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (awd)

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Bellevue, WA · Business & Merchant Development

This role is for a Sr. Business Development Manager in Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (AWD). The primary focus is on driving seller acquisition and growth by displacing incumbent 3PL providers and positioning AWD as an integrated supply chain solution. The role involves strategic growth, account planning, relationship management, consultative expertise, client advocacy, cross-functional leadership, executive communication, risk management, and market intelligence. While the role mentions leveraging generative AI tools for workflow efficiency and identifying opportunities to integrate AI solutions, the core responsibilities are in business development and supply chain logistics, not in building or shipping AI models or systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and execute strategic account plans that drive revenue growth and expand partnership scope.
  2. Build executive-level partner relationships, navigating complex and ambiguous situations to maximize partnership value.
  3. Champion the voice of the seller internally, working cross-functionally with Product, Operations, Sales, and Leadership to ensure services evolve to meet partner demands.
  4. Deliver clear, compelling communications to partners and AWD leadership including strategic business reviews and executive briefings.
  5. Synthesize market trends, competitive dynamics, and partner feedback to inform internal roadmaps.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Experience understanding needs of business and end customers and translating them into right solutions
  • Experience with end-to-end ownership of major project deliverables
  • Experience in verbal and written communication for executive level leaders
  • 5+ years of business development, or account management with a proven ability to deliver results experience

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree, or experience exceeding sales targets using a consultative, solutions-focused approach or equivalent
  • Master's degree in Business Administration or a related field
  • Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership
  • Experience using data and analytics to drive sales strategy and results
  • Experience in supply chain
  • Demonstrated experience leveraging generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency and productivity, with the ability to craft effective prompts and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs in a professional setting
  • Experience identifying opportunities to integrate AI solutions into products and services to drive business value.

What the JD emphasized

  • displacing incumbent 3PL providers
  • positioning AWD as the single, integrated supply chain solution
  • customer-facing, startup-like environment
  • speed, ownership, and customer obsession
  • end-to-end ownership of major project deliverables
  • Experience understanding needs of business and end customers and translating them into right solutions
  • Experience in verbal and written communication for executive level leaders
  • 5+ years of business development, or account management with a proven ability to deliver results experience
  • Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership
  • Experience using data and analytics to drive sales strategy and results
  • Experience in supply chain
  • Demonstrated experience leveraging generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency and productivity, with the ability to craft effective prompts and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs in a professional setting
  • Experience identifying opportunities to integrate AI solutions into products and services to drive business value.