Merchandise Manager - New Partnerships

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.

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