We are seeking an experienced, analytical, and results-driven Amazon PPC & Advertising Manager to join our in-house e-commerce team.

The primary responsibility of this position is to manage, optimize, and grow our Amazon advertising campaigns across a large catalog of food and grocery products. The ideal candidate has direct experience managing Amazon PPC campaigns, improving ROAS, controlling ACOS/TACOS, increasing organic ranking, and scaling profitable products.

This is an in-house, hands-on position . The selected candidate will be responsible for daily campaign management and will work closely with our e-commerce, content, inventory, and management teams.

Key Responsibilities

Create, manage, and optimize Amazon Sponsored Products campaigns.

Manage Sponsored Brands, Sponsored Brands Video, and Sponsored Display campaigns.

Build and maintain automatic, manual, exact-match, phrase-match, broad-match, product-targeting, and defensive campaigns.

Review campaign performance daily and adjust bids, budgets, placements, and targeting.

Conduct keyword, competitor, category, and product-targeting research.

Analyze Amazon search-term reports and convert successful search terms into structured campaigns.

Identify and add negative keywords and negative product targets.

Improve ROAS while maintaining appropriate sales growth.

Monitor ACOS, TACOS, CPC, CTR, conversion rate, impressions, sessions, and attributed sales.

Develop different advertising strategies for new products, established products, seasonal products, and underperforming products.

Create product-launch advertising plans to improve visibility, sales velocity, and organic ranking.

Manage campaign budgets and prevent unnecessary or unprofitable ad spending.

Evaluate campaign performance by ASIN, product, brand, keyword, search term, and placement.

Build clear weekly and monthly advertising reports for management.

Identify products that should be scaled, tested, reduced, restructured, or paused.

Coordinate advertising strategy with inventory availability, FBA status, pricing, coupons, promotions, and product profitability.

Recommend promotional opportunities, including coupons, deals, Prime-exclusive discounts, and other Amazon marketing programs.

Work with the content team to improve listings when advertising performance is limited by weak images, titles, bullet points, pricing, reviews, or conversion rates.

Monitor competitors’ advertising activity, pricing, promotions, keywords, and market positioning.

Maintain an organized campaign structure and clear naming system across all brands and products.

Stay informed about changes to Amazon Ads, Seller Central, reporting, attribution, and advertising policies.

About the Position

We are seeking an experienced, analytical, and results-driven Amazon PPC & Advertising Manager to join our in-house e-commerce team.

The primary responsibility of this position is to manage, optimize, and grow our Amazon advertising campaigns across a large catalog of food and grocery products. The ideal candidate has direct experience managing Amazon PPC campaigns, improving ROAS, controlling ACOS/TACOS, increasing organic ranking, and scaling profitable products.

This is an in-house, hands-on position . The selected candidate will be responsible for daily campaign management and will work closely with our e-commerce, content, inventory, and management teams.

Required Qualifications

At least 2-3 years of direct experience managing Amazon PPC campaigns.

Demonstrated experience managing a significant Amazon advertising budget.

Strong understanding of Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, Sponsored Brands Video, and Sponsored Display.

Strong knowledge of ACOS, TACOS, ROAS, CPC, CTR, conversion rate, and other Amazon performance metrics.

Experience working with Amazon Seller Central and the Amazon Ads Console.

Ability to analyze search-term reports and make data-based campaign decisions.

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Ability to manage advertising across a large number of ASINs.

Ability to clearly explain campaign performance, problems, and recommended actions.

Must be able to work independently while collaborating with an internal team.

Must be available to work on-site in Chicago.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience advertising food, grocery, pantry, or consumer packaged goods products on Amazon.

Experience managing multiple Amazon brands.

Experience with Amazon Brand Registry, Brand Stores, A+ Content, Vine, coupons, and promotions.

Experience with Amazon Marketing Cloud, Amazon DSP, or Amazon Attribution is a plus.

Experience using Amazon advertising software such as Helium 10, Jungle Scout, Pacvue, Perpetua, SellerApp, Quartile, or similar platforms.

Experience launching new products and improving organic keyword rankings.

Familiarity with FBA, FBM, inventory planning, Buy Box performance, and product-level profitability.

Google Ads, Walmart Connect, Instacart Ads, or other marketplace advertising experience is a plus.

Performance Expectations

The Amazon PPC & Advertising Manager will be expected to

Improve advertising efficiency and profitability.

Increase qualified traffic and attributed sales.

Reduce wasted advertising spend.

Maintain organized and scalable campaign structures.

Identify opportunities to grow high-performing products.

Develop corrective strategies for products with weak ROAS or high ACOS.

Provide accurate and understandable performance reporting.

Make recommendations based on data rather than assumptions.

What We Offer

Competitive salary based on experience.

Full-time, stable, in-house position.

Opportunity to manage and grow multiple established brands.

Direct access to management and faster implementation of advertising strategies.

Collaborative environment with e-commerce, content, logistics, and inventory teams.

Opportunity for professional growth as our Amazon business expands.

Work Location: In person – Chicago, IL

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