Amazon IKAM EMEA & Australasia (d/f/m)

Didsbury · Hybrid

About this role

Amazon IKAM EMEA & Australasia (d/f/m)

Are you ready to shape the future of e‑commerce growth across Essity’s key markets? Want to influence one of the world’s most dynamic customers? Step into a role where your impact drives real change - apply now and help us innovate for good.

About the Role

As Amazon IKAM EMEA & Australasia (d/f/m), you will lead the execution of the Amazon commercial strategy across multiple markets, driving accelerated growth, profitability, and market share. You will establish clear pricing and assortment frameworks across markets, ensuring consistency, scale, and competitiveness while enabling effective local execution and delivery of commercial objectives. Acting as a key interface between Amazon and internal stakeholders, you will drive alignment of operational ways of working to improve execution efficiency, customer service, and long-term partnership effectiveness and ensure the sustainable end-to-end profitability of the Amazon business.

In this highly collaborative role, you will operate within a complex, global matrix - working across sales, e‑commerce, commercial development, finance, supply chain, and category teams to deliver consistent and scalable outcomes.

What You Will Do

  • Commercial Strategy: Lead the execution of Amazon’s commercial strategy across EMEA and Australasia to deliver growth, profitability, and market share

  • Joint Business Planning: Own and drive joint business plans with Amazon, shaping long-term growth and partnership strategies

  • Commercial Negotiations: Lead commercial negotiations (pricing, trade, promotions) to drive sustainable growth

  • Strategic Relationship Management: Build and influence senior relationships with Amazon and across global and local stakeholders to ensure alignment and delivery

  • Performance Insights: Translate performance insights into clear, actionable plans at speed to accelerate growth across markets

  • Operational Excellence: Identify and solve complex commercial and operational challenges (commercial, supply chain, finance), strengthening ways of working at scale

Who You Are

  • University degree or equivalent with significant years of experience as Amazon/e-commerce/commercial leader with a strong multi-market FMCG track record

  • Strong commercial acumen, with expertise in pricing, negotiation, and delivering profitable growth

  • Proven relationship builder with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders across global and local organisations

  • Resilient and solutions-focused, able to navigate complexity and drive outcomes in a matrix environment

  • Highly analytical, able to turn data and insights into clear strategic direction

  • Hands-on and delivery-focused, with a track record of executing strategy and driving results

  • Fluent in English

What We Can Offer You

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.

Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You with Us

More About Position

This role is based in Didsbury, UK, or alternatively in Munich, Germany.

You will be reporting to Benjamin Elmslie, E-Commerce Director PC & CT.

The role involves approximately up to 25% travel across Europe.

Application End Date:

Job Requisition ID:

Essity262608

Company at a glance

Essity - a globally leading hygiene and health company. Our expertise in hygiene and health began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day.

Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. Our barrier breakers innovate for good and contribute to shaping a sustainable future. At Essity, every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers. At Essity, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do. It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative, and caring company culture where you can be you with us. Our purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being, is to enable customers and consumers to lead fuller lives at all stages of life.

Our leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, Cutimed, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa. In 2025, Essity had net sales of approximately SEK 138bn (EUR 13bn) and employed 36,000 people. The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.If you want to join a company where dedication to people is powered by innovation, welcome to Essity!

Team Size10,001+ employees
WorkspaceHybrid
IndustryManufacturing
Location
Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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