Sourcing/Buying/Category Management Commercial Opportunities

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Sourcing/Buying/Category Management Commercial Opportunities. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Dynamic, analytical and fast-paced roles
• Exciting team environment - working with Kogan.com's commercial teams
• Use your analytical skills to help game-change Aussie e-Commerce!

• Are you up for an adventure which guarantees to drive and push you to your limits?
• Are you ready to challenge everything and use analytics to drive your decisions?
• Do you want to be part of Australia’s e-commerce future?

 
About The Opportunities

Are you excited by challenging and rewarding work? And the prospect of losing lots of sleep thinking about how to delight customers through supply chain innovation and exciting new products? If yes, you could be the right fit to join the team that pioneered eCommerce in Australia.

Our Import and Buying teams play a crucial role in our business. They source the best quality products to ensuring that we have the latest and most in-demand products available and ready to delight customers.

Our sourcing teams focus on key areas including:

• Exclusive Brands/Private Label Team play an integral part in our product range - after all, this is how our business started! The team select the most relevant products, working with suppliers and product testers to bring the most relevant products to market at the best value price
• Import - Global Brands Team seeks out and sources all the items we directly import to our customers from suppliers across the world. They negotiate the best deals to pass on savings to our customers. You will be working on exciting new brands, getting the latest, greatest and trending products for our customers!
• Partner Brands Team is responsible for the sourcing of globally recognised brand name products directly from the manufacturer. Sourcing the best deals available for our customers and ensuring we have a suitable range of the latest and greatest products in the market

  
Your passion for the eCommerce world of retail and technology will be glaringly obvious, and you’ll use that passion to drive our product selection.

The online retail market is fast-paced and constantly evolving, so being able to quickly react to changes in demand and market trends is essential for success.

You will need to be prepared to manage the end-to-end supply chain for our products including:

• Market research and analysis
• Demand determination
• Identifying trending in-demand products
• Building relationships with manufacturers, suppliers and vendors.
• Negotiating commercial outcomes
• Assisting with the development of marketing strategies
• Ensuring timely import of products and stock management

You should be/have:

• Previous experience in a highly commercial role such as a Buyer or Category Manager in the retail (or similar) sector - for Exclusive Brands roles - bonus points if you’ve had exposure to Private Label product sourcing before
• University Degree qualified in a relevant field (commerce, analytics, maths, accounting, IT, buying, etc)
• Highly analytical and ready to delve into data - being able to evaluate offers and products quickly to determine if they’re of value to our customers is key
• Excellent commercial and business acumen to make key commercially savvy decisions
• A strong negotiator who’s ready to fight for the best commercial outcomes so that we can offer market leading pricing to our customers
• A multi-tasking ninja - we expect you to juggle 50 different tasks at once without dropping the ball (we’re not kidding)
• A whiz with Microsoft Excel (we’re talking VLOOKUP, Index Matching, pivot tables, advanced formulas, macros - and we will test your capabilities)
• Tech savvy and ability to use various IT and cloud-based tools to improve efficiency and productivity
• Ready to challenge, be challenged, and work within our highly disruptive business model

Think you have what it takes to be part of Team Kogan.com?
 
Express your interest in these opportunities by uploading your CV and a cover letter outlining why you want to work for us! Generic cover letters don't cut it here. Make it personal and highly specific to the role.
 
About Us

We’re Kogan.com - pioneers of Australian e-commerce.

We were born in a south-eastern suburb Melbourne garage in 2006 from a young entrepreneur's idea to revolutionise the supply-chain to make the latest products more affordable. Now, we’re the largest Australian pure-play online retail website with hundreds of thousands of visitors each day and a customer base of over a million Aussie shoppers.

Our success is built off technology and digital efficiency to make the most in-demand products and services more affordable and accessible for all Australians.

In our team, we thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, high-performance culture where we work hard and play harder. We aren’t afraid of change, we embrace it.

We love being pushed outside our comfort zone and being challenged to continuously deliver the best value to our customers and that sets us apart from the rest.

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Heads up!

• Kogan.com is a fast-paced business - our vacancy close dates are subject to change. We will assess applications as they are received, so don't wait to apply!
• All new Kogan.com team members are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis.