Merchandising / Buyer / Key Account(E-Commerce, Vendor Mgmt, 3 mths, up to 4K)

Optimum Solutions is hiring for a Associate Vendor Manager for one of our e-commerce projects!


The successful Associate Vendor Manager:
FINANCIAL & BUSINESS OPERATIONS

· Audits all vendor elements, performs deep dive analysis on problems to understand root causes, and makes decisions based on data

· Act as escalation point to respond to vendor needs

· Educates vendor(s) on tools, processes, and resources
VENDOR MANAGEMENT AND NEGOTIATIONS

· Analyzes and identify retail selection gaps for vendor(s), identify growth opportunities

· Audits vendor costs and ensures that procurement costs are in line with goals

· Creates and manages contractual agreements

· Educates vendor(s) on program opportunities
CUSTOMER NEED AND INDUSTRY LANDSCAPE

· Be an advocate for a quality customer experience, continuously seek information on the industry landscape to improve and makes recommendation to the business.
AUTOMATION & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

· Identifies opportunities to improve retail tools and systems

· Identifies opportunities to simplify or automate tasks to drive improvement on business performance

· Manages products from launch to end of life with goal of automating any manual tasks.


Basic qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree

· 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in retail, business management or consulting (could include buying, product management, financial analyses) with a proven history of delivering results

· Experience in sales, negotiations, pricing or inventory management

· Proficiency with Excel and strong analytical acumen

· Strong communication (verbal and written) and collaboration skills that enable you to earn trust at all levels.

· Business focused thinking, an ability to focus on key issues and a strong hands-on, results driven mentality.


Interested candidates please apply directly to [email protected]

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