Associate Buyer, Perpay Marketplace
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Job Description
About the Role:
The Perpay Marketplace Associate Buyer is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive strategy to expand our e-commerce marketplace for assigned categories. As a member of the Merchandising team, you will be responsible for sourcing new vendors, growing assortments, and achieving total cost of ownership, revenue, and profit goals for assigned vendors/categories. You will own all aspects of our vendor relationships and will be responsible for negotiating the best total cost of ownership and level of inventory availability for all products offered on Perpay marketplace.
Our greatest strength is our people and we'd love for you to be one of them!
Responsibilities:
- Execute an assortment and pricing strategy that will enable the Perpay marketplace to achieve annual growth and total cost of ownership targets, while maintaining overall profitability
- Support growth of marketplace through: assortment expansion and whitespace identification; new vendor prospecting and new vendor onboarding; development of industry and category knowledge
- Lead negotiations with vendors on item costs, availability, terms and vendor programs
- Collaborate with internal teams including marketing, product management, and finance, to ensure seamless integration of new vendors and products into the marketplace
- Be the face of our organization and build brand awareness/attraction through proactive reach outs, trade shows, conferences, and more
- Build trust quickly and lead by influence with the ability to translate between commercial and operational audiences
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, or a related field
- 2+ years experience in buying, merchandising, and/or business development in the retail industry
- Demonstrated success in scaling a marketplace, with a deep understanding of e-commerce trends and best practices
- Detailed understanding of e-commerce, retail and brand awareness
- Excellent analytical skills and proficiency with Google Sheets and/or Microsoft excel and BI reporting tools
- Creative persistence; no obstacle is too large and when there's a will, there's a way
- Ability to communicate effectively and confidently; everything is negotiable
Hey, we know not everybody checks all the boxes, so if you're interested, please apply because you could be just what we're looking for!
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