As a result of my clients expansion plans, and their continued ongoing success they are seeking a dynamic Vendor Onboarding Assistant to compliment the drop-ship vendor team, based in Plymouth.
Responsibilities
You will be required to:
- Support the drop-ship team to drive sales, maximise profit and achieve targets for the ecommerce platform, ensuring its continued growth.
- Assist in sourcing, listing, and managing new drop-ship vendor accounts.
- Product selection – conduct market analysis to identify trends that fit within The Range customer dynamics and select suitable product assortments.
- Develop new and existing vendor relationships. Leading with confident negotiation skills to secure favourable terms, including the best cost pricing structure, service level agreements and commercial terms.
- Manage vendors compliance of the agreed service level agreements.
- Research, compile and interpret data to formulate strategies with vendors and support them to achieve targets and sales growth.
- Work with the Dropship Manager to ensure pricing consistently meets the company's pricing framework after launch, whilst achieving budgeted margin.
- Work closely on product promotion decisions and product launches, analysing ecommerce performance statistics, pertinent commercial information and challenges.
- Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including Digital Trading, Marketing, and Customer Services, to execute successful product launches and customer experience thereafter.
- Developing a full understanding of the online category statistics, key commercial factors, and monitor competitor activity.
- Support promotional campaigns and events with a full and diverse product offering to drive sales.
Essential & Preferred Skills & Requirements
- A degree is preferred but not essential, however you will have strong written, numerical and analytical skills.
- Strong commercial understanding, being able to demonstrate knowledge of and an interest in retail and on-line selling.
- High attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Interpersonal and excellent communication skills are priority.
- Confident with Microsoft Excel and capable of working with formulas and graphs.
- You will be committed and confident with strong administrative, organisational and prioritisation skills.
- You will be comfortable working both individually and with a team.
Position: Permanent, Full-time. Flexible hybrid working.
Hours: Monday – Friday, 08:45am – 17:30pm.
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Salary: Competitive Salary