Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, develop, and execute strategies including marketing, merchandising, influencers, warehouse, operations, and finance to drive organizational goals.
• Build a strong assortment catering to all needs of the platform’s users and business purposes.
• Monitor and evaluate product performance, adjusting orders as necessary to meet consumer demands.
• Maintain minimum stock outs with visibility of next availability and alternative options.
• Support maintaining healthy finances with timely closing of receivables and payables.
• Generate reports on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis, including sales, stock levels, offers, and promotions.
• Close offers on exclusive lines, special product selections, brand offers, and season-relevant promotions.
• Identify trends and maximize opportunities with addition and removal of assortment in the warehouse while minimizing liabilities with rightful purchasing or supported products clearance.
• Onboard new brands seamlessly, negotiate favorable credit terms, and go live on-site in a timely fashion.
• Monitor competition for price competence and range parity; evaluate industry trends and competition assortment.
• Monitor brand performance, initiating corrective action where necessary to ensure operations are conducted within agreed financial parameters.
• Learn from and lead team members towards ethical practices, coaching and inspiring junior members of the team.
• Maintain healthy relationships with internal and external stakeholders through good communication, supporting business growth and goal achievement professionally.
• Follow and maintain supply flow from partners, meeting business objectives.
• Support Joint business plan deals from planning to achieving targets and collecting rewards.
• Source product samples for internal reviews, influencer campaign collaborations, and giveaways via different channels.
• Ensure bestsellers are ordered in time and always maintained in stock.
• Review content with a 360 view and ensure availability of all relevant assets including product or brand.
• Handle customer queries and complaints by supporting decision-making, providing product use suggestions, and facilitating defect corrections with support from distributor/brand.
• Close deals based on historical trends and price considerations, keeping in mind business objectives to meet healthy margins while achieving sales targets.
• Achieve targets for revenue, margins, and inventory management.
• Monitor on-site view and suggest improvements to support revenue generation and enhance customer experience.
• Support suppliers with queries and ad-hoc tasks, always keeping the best interest of both organizations in mind.
• Identify and suggest new enhancements for internal systems, on-site experience, and product developments.
• Support selection and ordering of Home brand range, working towards meeting organizational goals.
• Attend and participate in market collaborations/events to improve network and meet business goals.
• Maintain high ethical standards, keeping in best interest of personal image, company image, and its partners.
• Engage in out-of-the-box thinking to capture hidden liabilities, helping to avoid incorrect purchases and optimize assortment.
• Review and ensure all relevant on-site events, offers, and launches run correctly and smoothly, in line with strategic plans and marketing calendar.

Requirements

• Experience in Retail Buying or Merchandising
• X years experience in E-commerce retail
• Technical savvy and business savvy
• MS Office and computer literacy; organizational skills
• Negotiation, influencing, understanding of pricing basics and logic
• Attention to detail, trend analysis, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Teamwork, leadership, quick learner, good teacher, integrity
• Product development experience
• Bachelor’s degree minimum
• English and Hindi literacy; additional language is an advantage
• Communication skills – written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Curious mind and passion for the retail business
• Open to feedback and suggestions; ability to multitask; adaptable
• Partner and stakeholder managing skills; not afraid to be fiercely original

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