Amazon has expanded the responsibilities of long-time executive Amit Agarwal, placing him in charge of the company’s Worldwide Selling Partner Services (SPS) organisation—a core business that manages Amazon’s global third-party seller ecosystem. The move follows the transition of Dharmesh Mehta, who led SPS for more than a decade, into a technical advisor role reporting directly to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.Agarwal, currently Senior Vice President for International Emerging Stores, will continue to oversee Amazon’s marketplace operations across a group of high-growth countries while taking on leadership of SPS. He will report to Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores.The expanded mandate positions Agarwal at the centre of Amazon’s marketplace strategy. SPS oversees the tools, infrastructure, and services used by millions of third-party sellers globally, including onboarding, payments, logistics integrations, advertising products, compliance systems, and seller support. Third-party sellers now account for the majority of units sold on Amazon’s platform, making SPS a critical driver of both growth and profitability.Agarwal is one of Amazon’s longest-serving executives, having joined the company in 1999. Over more than two decades, he held leadership roles across engineering, retail, and international expansion. He is widely associated with Amazon’s push into emerging markets and played a key role… Read MoreYourStory RSS Feed
