E-commerce Vendor Manager #26-25873

US Tech Solutions • Austin, TX

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About The Position

We are looking for a bright, enthusiastic, hard-working, analytical, and creative candidate to join our Retail Vendor Manager team. You will work directly with a strategic vendor partner to develop their business, acting as a liaison and executing a joint business plan. The Retail Vendor Manager I position offers an exciting introduction to our online retail business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work directly with a strategic vendor partner to grow their business and achieve qualitative and quantitative goals while working with multiple internal teams and management. The Retail Vendor Manager will develop skills and work across all three functional areas (Vendor Management, In-stock and Site Merchandising) to grow and improve their vendor's success. This role is an ideal start in one of the most supportive, high-functioning organizations within the company and offers a great cross-section of roles and responsibilities for an ambitious candidate eager to drive business success. Our environment is very fast-paced and requires someone who is flexible, detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable working with multiple teams and management. The ideal candidate will have a passion for shopping and an acute interest in driving the growth and profitability of a strategic vendor partner on retail platforms.

Requirements

• Comfortable with phone and email communication, comfortable communicating with team leaders directly, and comfortable asking questions
• 0-2 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in Excel and data analysis
• Excellent presentation, organization, and account management skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience using AI technology
• Experience comp-shopping
• Experience buying products for e-commerce retail sales
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities
• Strong database and computer skills
• Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results
• Experience in process improvement

Responsibilities

• Act as the business owner for his or her vendor(s) in their respective categories, with a complete understanding of the internal and external variables that impact the business. This entails forecasting, monitoring, understanding, and reporting on vendor(s), along with responsibility for driving strategic projects and promotions to achieve business objectives
• Proactively negotiating costs, promotional opportunities, and other business inputs for the vendor(s)
• Conducting pricing and ROI analysis and making recommendations for initiatives that optimize profit margin
• Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for the strategic vendor(s)
• Scheduling, updating, and producing content on product detail pages and general pages, including numerous cataloguing and editing tasks
• Helping with numerous marketing and email efforts, scheduling product lists, analyzing site promotions and performance, and making recommendations on marketing plans
• The successful RVM is an effective communicator and problem-solver and can balance the needs and requirements of both internal teams and the strategic vendor(s).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level