The Amazon Fresh Private Brands team is looking for a Senior Packaging Manager to join our team and launch new Amazon-branded grocery products. The Senior Packaging Manager will engage with internal and external resources to support the launch of new Amazon products, identify and execute optimization projects that can improve the customer experience or reduce environmental impact, and develop processes that increase team efficiency.

Key job responsibilities

The ideal candidate will demonstrate bias for action, think big, ownership, deliver results, and have strong customer empathy. This candidate will have experience diving deep to gain customer insights, launching successful new products, and developing strong relationships with project stakeholders. The candidate will possess attention to detail, excellent communication skills, the ability to drive consensus across multiple stakeholders and be a great team player. The ability to work independently and deal with an ambiguous environment is a must.

The primary responsibilities of the Packaging Product Manager will include:

- E-commerce packaging optimization - deep diving packaging components with suppliers for continuous improvement to develop more robust solutions for packaging performance to our customers

- Driving packaging improvements with the business and across cross-functional stakeholders.

- Commercialization tasks for new product launches, including dieline collection and review.

- Working with third party co-packers to identify areas of opportunity for packaging consolidation or introducing innovative packaging solutions

- Analyzing customer needs and feedback to develop optimal product packaging, leveraging the unique opportunities being an online brand can provide.

- Developing outer packaging and shippable containers appropriate for e-commerce - reducing shipping costs, ensuring undamaged product, and minimizing waste for consumers.

- Continually find ways to drive cost out of our packaging efforts.

- Leading and coordinating design efforts between internal teams and outside vendors to develop optimal packaging solutions.

- Creating conceptual drawings or working with vendors to create conceptual models for packaging designs

- Evaluating vendor prototypes and providing improvements/suggestions or alternative solutions

- Advising senior management on the latest packaging sustainability trends and optimal solutions.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

- Experience with end to end product delivery

- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product

- Experience as a product manager or owner

- Experience owning technology products

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in influencing senior leadership through data driven insights

- Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $110,700/year in our lowest geographic market up to $206,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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