Operations and Amazon manager (maternity cover) – London or Edinburgh

The role

We’re looking for a highly organised and data‑savvy Operations and Amazon manager to join our Sales team for a maternity cover contract, lasting for a minimum period of nine months and starting from July 2026. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of our operations business, including managing our Amazon print relationship. They will take a leading role in the smooth running of Canongate’s sales operations, looking to streamline processes and aid smart decision‑making.

This role requires excellent critical thinking, along with the ability to understand and interrogate systems and to interpret and present data. Good Excel skills are essential and experience using Power BI or similar is preferred. Previous experience working with Amazon would be useful, but is not essential. We'd love to hear from you if you genuinely enjoy working with numbers and data and using what you discover to implement tangible changes to the way we run our sales business.

Key responsibilities

• Running our Amazon print business, including inventory management, forecasting, troubleshooting issues and managing promotions.
• Working with our distributor on areas such as stock management, delivery schedules and special releases, and responding to their queries.
• Creating, updating and circulating reports.
• Providing sales figures and insights to colleagues, both ad hoc and on a regular basis.
• Using internal and external sales, inventory and bibliographic systems to a high level.
• Playing an active role in the running of the sales team, using your knowledge of operations, reporting and logistics to contribute in a proactive and practical manner.

The role can be based in either our Edinburgh or London office. It is a full‑time position offering hybrid home and office working.

Salary: £34k‑£36kpa, depending on location and experience.

Benefits

We also offer a wide range of benefits: Employee Benefits (canongate.co.uk)

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