Senior Merchandising and Buying Executive

**_Roles & Responsibilities
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The Merchandising and Buying Executive strategically manages product portfolios for both online and offline channels, developing sales-driven strategies and identifying growth opportunities. He/She negotiates contracts with the brand, ensuring product availability and maintaining quality standards. He/She curates products, optimizes placement, and creates compelling content to enhance the customer experience in both online and offline environments. Additionally, He/She oversees new product launches, analyses sales data, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to drive sales and achieve business objectives.

In particular, you will:

- Select and manage a portfolio of products in line with company objectives and market trends to support sales forecasting and planning.
- Develop merchandising strategies that drive sales and improve the customer experience in collaboration with the Merchandising and Buying Lead.
- Identify market trends and opportunities and make data-driven decisions to capitalize on these opportunities in collaboration with the Merchandising and Buying Lead.
- Collaborate with the Merchandising and Buying Lead to forecast demand, manage inventory levels, and ensure product availability.
- Negotiate contracts and maintain relationships with vendors to ensure timely delivery and compliance with quality and safety standards.
- Responsible for product curation, ensuring optimal product placement, and creating compelling content to maximize conversion rates and enhance the customer experience on the store page. They collaborate with the digital team and marketing team to set rules for search results that benefit the entire star brand portfolio.
- Managing new product launches by developing and executing effective marketing and merchandising strategies to drive sales and increase brand awareness.
- Analyse sales data and performance metrics in collaboration with the Merchandising and Buying Lead to identify areas for improvement and make data-driven decisions to improve sales performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operation, marketing, and digital team to ensure that products are properly promoted, priced, and placed in stores or online to support sales planning and forecasting.
- Implement promotional strategies, such as discounts, bundles, and gift-with-purchase offers, to support sales planning and forecasting.
- Submit purchase orders to vendors in a timely and accurate manner to support inventory management.

We believe that you will be a great fit for this role if you:

- Degree in business, marketing, merchandising or a related field.
- 3 years or more of experience in brand and category management, buying, merchandising
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent negotiation and relationship management skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Korean.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and inventory management software.

**_About E-Concierge _**

E-concierge is a start-up subsidiary under Changi Airport Group established in 2017, dedicated to bringing unique, quality goods to the Southeast Asian markets through our omnichannel solution. We help both local and oversea merchants reach out to markets beyond their reach through our expertise of customised range of marketing, logistics, data and account management solutions. To date, we have onboarded over 400 global brands to carry almost 15,000 fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products.

**_Why choose to join us? _**

At E-concierge, our people are our key assets, and their welfare and development are crucial in our journey of growth together. We want to equip them with the required skills and knowledge to help their reach their fullest potential, while allowing them to explore their professional interests, be it taking on higher responsibilities or moving across functions to gain broader exposure.

We are a group of highly-motivated individuals who thrive to be the best together. We are innovators with big ideas and seekers of creative solutions, working together in an open environment that encourages self-expression and open discussions.

Our culture of empowering collaboration aims to encourage and inspire, but not at the expense of having fun We strive to create an inclusive environment that allows everyone to feel valued amidst challenges. Aside from maintaining a work-life balance, we offer a competitive remuneration package, so if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to build a story together.