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【Please submit both the Chinese and English resumes】

Outworker - Sourcing Specialist

Zulily is a retailer obsessed with bringing our customers something special every day. Unique products from up-and-coming brands are featured alongside favorites from top brands, including clothing, home decor, accessories, toys and gifts, giving customers something new to discover each morning at an incredible price. We are fast-paced, innovative and metric-driven, with a team passionate for delighting our customers.

Zulily China Direct Ship is a newly launched platform designed to source newness across all segments of our business, to find and onboard quality vendors in China that offer unique products at unbeatable prices, and to drive the ability to move on hot new trends and test them well before they hit the U.S. and/or global market.

SUMMARY

As a Sourcing Specialist on the China Direct Ship team you will be responsible for sourcing and discovering vendors, negotiating and developing strategic vendor partnerships, sourcing compelling product assortments, and delivering great brands and products at an amazing value.

Our ideal Sourcing Specialist is ambitious in nature, detail oriented, highly organized and adept at time management skills. He/she is comfortable working cross-functionally and as part of a virtual team with their U.S. counterparts and are passionate about the retail industry! 

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES/CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

 

?       Prospect and identify new vendors, new brands, and new products that represent our customer’s needs including attending trade shows, vendor summits and conferences from time to time

?       Negotiate, implement, and manage the onboarding of new vendor of all over the country 

?       Work closely with the Zulily China Merchandising Team to understand our customers in order to source leads and ensure a strong flow of quality vendor leads.

?       Work closely with the Zulily China Merchandising Team to understand division goals and product initiatives

?       Liaise with key Zulily cross functional teams to deliver on the team goals; Merchandising, Compliance, Logistics, Vendor Ops, etc.

?       Responsible for ensuring products meet established standards for safety and quality in alignment with Sourcing objectives

?       Establish vendor strategies, product costing, quality & compliance standards & sizing and production oversight related to product categories which requires frequent visits to vendor’s facility

?       Participate in conference calls with China vendors and the Zulily China Merchandising Team to address product quality, sizing, process or other issues as translation may be necessary to assist with progress in onboarding and ensure event setup success. 

?       Analyze new vendor performance and align with Zulily China Merchandising Team on event planning and growth objectives

?       Participate in weekly meetings with Zulily China Merchandising Team to report out on vendor identification, current vendor engagement, progress to new vendor launch including timeline, challenges and opportunities. 

?       Partner with Merchandising team to address customer feedback issues and quality concerns

?       Work closely with vendor in partnership with the Merchandising team to ensure the vendor is ready for their first online zulily event – post event meetings (either via phone or face to face at the vendor facility) may be necessary to address any issues

?       Use Pipedrive and other zulily reporting tools to track potential new vendors, create reports, analyze data, act and report out on insights derived from the data.

?       Use data to identify and implement opportunities for sales process improvement

?        Frequent field work required: frequent travel to vendor factory and showroom meetings; trade shows and vendor summits on a monthly / quarterly basis as needed based on category ownership

?       The employee’s performance assessment is based on the completion of sourcing vendors in support of driving corporate category growth and is measured on the employees ability to hit monthly / quarterly goals.

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

?       Mandarin and English fluency, written and verbal required

?       3-5+ years of relevant work experience in retail sales, negotiation, or vendor relationships preferably with the U.S. market.

?       Proficient of Microsoft Office Suite, Excel preferred

?       Strong experience in Vendor and Product Sourcing (not operations or production) across retail categories especially in the following: Women’s Plus Size Apparel; Women’s Footwear; Kids Apparel with a general understanding of U.S. Child Safety Standards

?       Proven experience selling and generating new business

?       E-Commerce experience a plus

?       Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

?       Clear and effective written, verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills

?       Willing to travel throughout China and the ability to travel to the U.S.

  

在外工作人员——采购专员

 

Zulily是一个致力于每天为消费者带来特别事物的零售商。Zulily为消费者带来***品牌的独特产品，包括服装、家居装饰品、配饰、玩具和礼品。消费者在Zulily的每天早晨都能发现好价新事物。我们是具有快节奏的，是富有创新力的，我们的团队热衷于为消费者带来愉悦体验感。

Zulily中国直营店是新推出的平台，旨在搜索各业务部门内的新事物，寻找并引入中国的优质供应商，为Zulily提供独特而又在价格上具有高度竞争力的产品，推动热门趋势的发展并在热门趋势进入美国和/或全球市场前进行测试。

概况

作为中国直营店团队的采购专员，你需要负责发现供应商、商议并开发战略供应商合作关系，落实卓越的产品分类，并以强有力的价值定位引入优质的品牌和产品

我们理想的采购专员具有雄心壮志，注重细节，做事有条理，擅长时间管理。采购专员能在跨职能环境中舒适工作，与美国同事共同建立虚拟团队，对零售行业充满热情。

 

主要职责和责任/核心职责

 

• 预期并确认代表客户需求的新供应商、新品牌、新产品，包括不时地参加贸易展览会、供应商峰会和会议
• 商讨、落实并管理国内新供应商的参与 
• 与Zulily中国促销团队紧密协作，了解客户，获取潜在客户并确保优质供应商的潜在流动。
• 与Zulily中国促销团队，了解部门目标和产品计划
• 与关键的Zulily跨职能团队联系，实现团队目标：促销、合规、物流、供应商运营团队等等
• 负责确保产品符合既定的安全和质量标准并符合采购目标
• 根据产品类别建立供应商战略、产品成本、质量和合规标准以及规模和生产监督，这需要频繁拜访供应商设施
• 与中国供应商和Zulily中国促销团队共同参与电话会议，处理产品质量、规模、流程和其他问题；为协助入职流程并确保活动成功落实，可能需要进行翻译
• 分析新供应商绩效并与Zulily中国促销团队共同展开活动规划并制定发展目标
• 与Zulily中国促销团队共同参与周会议，汇报供应商标识、当前供应商参与情况、新供应商发布流程，如时间表、挑战和机遇
• 与促销团队合作，解决客户反馈问题和质量问题
• 与供应商紧密协作，与促销团队合作，确保供应商已为第一个Zulily线上活动做好准备——为解决相关问题，可能需要发布活动后会议（通过电话或在供应商设施内面对面展开）
• 使用Pipedrive和其他Zulily汇报工具追踪潜在的新供应商、创建报告、分析数据、采取行动并汇报从数据中获得的见解
• 使用数据识别并实施销售流程改进的机会
• 惯例现场工作：可能需要经常出差拜访供应商工厂、参加展厅贸易、参加贸易展览会和供应商峰会；根据类别所有权的不同，频率可能为每月/每季度一次
• 员工的绩效评估需根据其是否找到供应商、促进企业类别增长，并以员工达到月度/季度目标的能力来衡量

 

资质  

• 普通话和英语口语、书面流利
• 在零售、谈判或供应商关系方面有3—5年以上的工作经验，以美国市场优先
• 熟练Microsoft Office软件，尤其是Excel
• 在零售类别的供应商和产品采购（非运营或生产）方面有丰富的经验，尤其如下：女装大码服装、女式鞋、儿童服装；对美国儿童安全标准有大体了解
• 丰富的销售和创造新业务的经验
• 电子商务经验为加分点
• 学士学位或同等经验
• 清晰高效的书面、口头沟通能力、卓越的交际能力
• 愿意在中国各地出差，有出差至美国的能力

Dezan Shira & Associates are a specialist foreign direct investment practice, providing legal, audit and tax services to multinationals investing in China, China Hong Kong, India & Vietnam.
Established in 1992, we are a leading Asia Regional practice with sixteen offices in these jurisdictions, employing almost 300 legal, accounting and audit professionals.

The advantages of working for us

Hectic but friendly and nourishing working environment where one’s ambitions and potential can grow and develop
Career advancement potential open to all levels
Possibilities to relocate to different offices
Being part of a successful and well known fast developing consulting firm in Asia

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We shall offer competitive packages to the right candidate and terrific career advancement opportunities.

Contact information
Interested candidates should send Chinese and English CV, expected salary to fanny.liu@dezshira.com