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Juan Baiz

Fractional COO / Chief of Staff — Ex-Amazon

€1,000/day
Lisbon, PT
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Juan

Ex-Amazon Senior Vendor Manager (8.5 yrs) — owned P&L for a €400M+ business across 10 European markets. I fix the commercial problems eating your margin: stalled vendor negotiations, supply chain cost leaks, pricing that isn't scaling.
Results: cut vendor risk exposure from 25% to 2.5% (€49.5M de-risked) · closed a stalled €242M negotiation at +320bps above floor · unlocked +€6.7M from broken pricing logic.
Available for scoped projects and, for the right fit, ongoing strategic advisory.
Native Spanish, fluent English, working French.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Lisbon (up to 50km)

Experience

  • AMAZON
    Senior Manager, Strategic Vendors Europe;
    April 2024 - Today (2 years and 4 months)
    • • Spearheaded end-to-end business and operations strategy: buying, pricing, marketing, supply chain and product lifecycle for 5 key vendors.
    • • Full ownership of €400MM P&L across 10 countries and 10 product families, improving revenue by 27.1% and profitability by 3.2%.
    • • Led external negotiations with vendor C-suite and coordinated internal senior stakeholders.
    • • Directed cross-functional teams of 20+ account managers and supply chain specialists.
    • • Gathered and analyzed employee feedback across EU teams to present actionable plans to senior leadership, improving satisfaction and operational efficiency.
    Negotiation Supply chain P&L Optimization leadership
  • AMAZON
    Senior Category Manager
    August 2020 - March 2024 (3 years and 7 months)
    Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
    • • Selected by the Global Talent Program to strategize the launch of Amazon Netherlands and own first deal season (+20% above target).
    • • Led Small Domestic Appliances (SDA) and Home product categories in NL (11% NL Retail business), driving +50% in revenue and 7.1% in
    profitability. Defined vision and business category strategies. Onboarded Top 50 EU companies and established 10 local vendor relationships at executive level, negotiating contracts and annual terms.
    • • Built the NL Hardlines Team (+30 people) participating in hiring, onboarding, training and implementing processes to perform business reviews.
    • • Crafted and presented Major Domestic Appliances Launch Plan (5Yrs, +€100MM), partnering with tech teams to ensure Customer Experience.
    • • Acted as product manager on pricing, selection and profitability for NL Retail Team. Developed strategies to increase price coverage and
    sharpness across the entire NL catalog, onboarded a key selection from the rest of EU exclusive to Amazon NL and trained Team on negotiation.
    • • Received the "Day 1" Award for transforming Philips' management in expansion marketplaces, becoming Philips Top revenue Company in SDA for Expansion (23% of SDA) and improving profitability by 4.8%.
    • • Managed local relationship with Apple (9.5% NL Retail) and integration with Amazon Europe processes.
    Negotiation Strategic planning P&L Optimization Supply chain leadership
  • AMAZON
    Senior Brand Specialist
    August 2017 - August 2020 (3 years)
    Madrid, Spain
    • • Managed 6 SDA brands (27% ES SDA) with P&L responsibility, growing revenue +250%, and margin by 6.3% by driving cross functional initiatives around selection expansion, marketing, supply chain, customer experience and pricing strategy.
    • • Designed a process to identify missing head selection across EU, exceeding targets in Italy (+19%) and Spain (+58%), becoming best at EU.
    • • Directed employee engagement initiatives as Head of Connect@Amazon Spain for +1.7K employees by leading 10 volunteers, managing an annual budget and partnering with external vendor support. Organized 28 initiatives, engaging 69% of employees with 4.1/5 satisfaction rate.
    • • Received the "Just Do It" Award and an Amazon Story for enhancing Italy/Spain team morale (best at EU) during the pandemic through innovative virtual initiatives that engaged +1K employees.
    Supply chain P&L Optimization Project Management Team management Process facilitation

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Education

  • MSC. Industrial Engineering
    ICAI School of Engineering
    2017
    MSC.
  • MSC. Industrial Engineering
    Cooper Union
    2016

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