Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm
Location: 100% Remote in South Africa
Contract: Independent Contractor
What You'll be Doing
The Merchandise Manager, New Partnerships will support a key strategic initiative to aggressively recruit new brands to the portfolio, reporting to the Director of Merchandising,
As Merchandise Manager on a Typical Day, You'll
- Support the Lightopia business by targeting a provided list of 90-100 Lighting vendors to secure partnerships.
- After firming up terms and conditions, quickly onboard vendors, setting them up in the system, obtaining the item setup form for processing.
- Coordinate the on-site launch, submitting creative briefs for the banner and ensuring a good site experience.
- Communicate new brand story and pass key marketing assets to the Merchandising and Marketing teams for launch campaign.
- Pass continued relationship management off to the Merchandising Team.
What You Bring to the Role
- Sense of urgency.
- Ability to take ownership and drive results.
- Exceptional reliability and follow through.
- Being proactive with communication, as we work on remote teams.
- Extremely organized.
- Ability to think strategically and act tactically with excellent attention to detail.
- Tenacity and grit to work through big ideas and problem solve down to the minute details.
- Professionalism in written and verbal communication. Ability to communicate and present to all levels in the organization.
- High participation in work sessions via Zoom or MS Teams, as we work in a highly collaborative environment.
Requirements
Qualifications and Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Merchandising, Marketing or related field, or minimum 3 years relevant work experience.
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving skills.
- Able to build collaborative relationships with internal and external partners.
- Sense of urgency, detail oriented, and able to provide clear and thorough communication.
- Express ideas precisely, persuasively, and effectively.
- Must be able to operate independently with minimal daily supervision.
- Commitment to and passion for continuous improvement.
- Experience with the following systems is preferred – Microsoft Office, Netsuite
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to cultivate an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to tie spaces together with meaningful design. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key core values:
- Team First - we collaborate and support each other
- Whatever It Takes - we get it done
- Win On Service - we do right by our customers
- Be Curious - we seek creative, data-driven solutions
