Evaluate, curate, promote, and grow brands/products in assigned category.
Cultivate strong vendor partnerships for revenue and profit growth.
Source new suppliers and manage assortment relevant to category, trend, and team objectives.
Focus on assortment and product strategy complementary to iHerb overall Global strategy.
Identify and onboard regional brands, unlock logistical methods for global brand sourcing.
Work closely with the Global Director and team to ensure alignment on strategies.
Directly responsible for key metrics such as new brands, new products, pricing, gross margin, and promotions.
Understand supply chain complexities for proper and legal buying methods.
Partner with Compliance and Regulatory on catalog additions.
Negotiate with vendors for pricing, marketing budgets, and growth incentives.
Foster relationships with vendors for sales and product innovation.
Manage contracts, product evaluation, quality issues, and customer service questions.
Drive new product/brand onboarding and maintenance process.
Calculate, maintain and evaluate product pricing adjustments.
Coordinate with Inventory Management and Planning Team.

Generally requires a minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in buying or directly related role.
Preferably in an e-commerce environment.
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Merchandising or related field preferred, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
Strong, successful and proven negotiating skills.
Strong analytical, data management and decision-making abilities.
Strong mathematical skills with an understanding of retail pricing concepts.
Ability to communicate written and verbally in a professional manner with people at all levels of the organization and external contacts.
Great attention to detail, highly organized with strong project management skills.
Ability to handle multiple tasks, problem solve and prioritize with an awareness of importance and deadlines.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Experience with Google Business Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms) preferred.
WMS, EDI, SAP, Asana, Tableau experience a plus.

Senior Ecommerce Vendor Manager

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