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Ata M

@atamanap

Senior Category Manager

Turkey
Turkish, English, French
About me
Senior category manager at Amazon and a certified bar raiser with years of experience interviewing and hiring for competitive roles. I help candidates prepare for behavioral interviews at large tech and consumer companies — structuring STAR stories, mapping competencies, and running realistic mock interviews with the kind of follow-up questioning real interviewers use. I've coached candidates into offers by focusing on what actually gets scored in an interview: structure, specificity, and confident delivery under pressure — not just "good stories."... Read more

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Work experience

Amazon

Amazon

Full-time • 4 yrs 6 mos

Senior Category Manager

Dec 2024 - Present • 1 yr 8 mos

Leading the PC gaming category at Amazon, managing vendor partnerships, optimizing product selection, and growing customer engagement through data-backed initiatives and strategic negotiations. Acting as an Amazon Bar Raiser to maintain high hiring standards and foster high-performance teams.

Category Manager, Electronics

Jul 2023 - Dec 2024 • 1 yr 5 mos

Developed and implemented strategic vendor management plans for the Electronics category. Negotiated contracts and terms with vendors to achieve cost savings and favorable conditions. Collaborated cross-functionally with procurement, engineering, and operations teams.

Team Lead, Fashion

Feb 2022 - Jul 2023 • 1 yr 5 mos

Led a team of brand specialists responsible for delivering impact to a large group of strategic vendors. Owned relationships with high-priority vendors subscribed to the AVS service and audited metrics regularly to drive quality across multiple sub-categories.