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Amazon Value Added Services (VAS) Specialist, VAS in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Description
Our last-mile delivery partners are crucial to our service, and we work closely with them to make sure deliveries large and small get to where they need to be. As a VAS Specialist, you’ll make sure we have the best relationship possible with our partners. You’ll build connections, help them put processes in place for efficient delivery, and smooth out any issues they experience, all with the aim of creating a partnership that’s successful for many years.
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a Value Added Service (VAS) Manager, who will be responsible for ensuring that our suite of value added services ranging from legal services to insurance offers and uniforms meets the demands of our customers both internal in Amazon and our Delivery Service Providers (DSPs) on the last mile. This individual in essence negotiates services on behalf of our partners to make them successful. This requires the placement of new services as well as an ability to challenge the status quo repeatedly.
A day in the life
You’ll be based at one of our sites. Being on site allows you to stay close to every part of the delivery process and means you have visibility of everything to guide our logistics partners. You’ll look after all elements of our partner relationships, from getting the contracts in place to keeping track of performance.
About the team
Amazon Logistics, or AMZL, handles ‘last mile’ delivery duties in partnership with third-party distribution businesses. We utilize creative thinking and continuous improvement initiatives to get millions of physical products into the hands of our customers. Our goal is to make our customers’ delivery experience as smooth as possible and roll out global delivery solutions for our newest concepts.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
3+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
3+ years of product or program management or business development
Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
Experience driving roadmap strategy and on-ground implementation navigating across stakeholders
Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders
Effective email writing and communication skills
Intermediate excel and data analysis skills
Preferred Qualifications
Writing skills, influence skills, ability to structure an argument to make it brief and complete, having drive and not always waiting instructions, the attitude of coming with a problem and a proposed thought of solution instead of just a problem