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Job descriptionPosition: Merchandiser (Hard Goods)
Experience: 6 - 8 years of relevant experience, Someone passionate about Home Items
Location: Gurugram
Company Preference – Preferably from an agency/ liaison office / Buying House
Product Category - Kitchen Utensils, Cookware, Plastic Houseware, Tabletop, Décor (Materials: Metal, Wood & Plastics)
Skills: You will support leadership for the Sourcing, Costing, and Product Development functions for the assigned Hard goods in the homes category to meet the brand requirement, you will manage Vendor relationships to deliver Profitability, On-time Execution, and quality.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Follow up on orders with vendors, customers, and internal parties to ensure customer satisfaction and on-time delivery
- Assist in the Product Development process to ensure that products meet customers’ quality and budget requirements
- Maintain strong business relationships with vendors for product development and production
- Arrange sample submission to customers for approval
- Handle merchandising-related documents
- Draft sample instruction
- Support price negotiations & timeline, prepare cost sheet and T&A
- Co-operate with Design Team in product development and provide information about material and production situation
- Update market situation with Design Team
- Manage development and orders, follow up production, and the delivery time frames
- Support price negotiation, sourcing suppliers to meet requirements, and advance cost-effectiveness
- Coordinate and prepare a meeting with suppliers/buyers for European customers and support sourcing business of the European customer
- Understand the customer needs and requirements - provide sourcing options to expand our business
- Distribute completed sample requests to the appropriate managers
- Perform other duties as assigned by Management
Desired Candidate Profile
- Diploma or Above in Merchandising or a related field
- Strong product and material knowledge with good development skills, and familiar with merchandising and product development process
- Able to work under pressure, result-oriented, excellent communication skills, self-motivated, responsive, and detail-minded
- Ability to build strong relationships with cross-functional teams, and communicate effectively with internal and external parties
- Well-organized individual, able to manage multiple tasks, strong problem-solving skills, able to meet deadlines
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
- Literate in Microsoft office programs
- Frequent travel is required.
- To know more about us please visit https://www.lifung.com/
If this sounds like you, Apply Now!As an equal opportunity employer, we shall consider all applicants regardless of gender, age, religion, marital status, race, sexual orientation, disability, disease, pregnancy, or trade union and/or political affiliation, and disregard all factors deemed inappropriate by local law and the International Labor Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. 