- 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.
- 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.
Vendor On-boarding Assistant - Plymouth, United Kingdom - The Range
Description
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We are a Sunday Times Top Track 100 company and one of the UK 's fastest growing privately owned companies.
The Range has grown enormously since its inception in 1989, and now has over 180 stores nationwide. People are at the heart of our retail concept, and we want to invest in our staff and make the future extraordinary.
As a result of our expansion plans, and our continued ongoing success we are seeking a dynamic Vendor Onboarding Assistant to compliment the drop-ship vendor team, based at our Head Office in Plymouth.
Responsibilities
You will be required to:
Essential & Preferred Skills & Requirements
Position: Permanent, Full-time.
Hours: Monday – Friday, 08:45am – 17:30pm.
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Salary: Competitive Salary