Purchasing Management Specialist - Beauty & Non-food Category (bilingual Chinese/English)

About Yami:

Founded in 2013, Yami’s mission is to bring the world closer for everyone to experience and enjoy. We make it easy to discover exciting flavors and trending products from Asia. Named Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing start-up on the ”Inc. 500 List.”, we’re committed to connecting people with authentic food, beauty, home, and wellness experiences through our e-commerce platform, iOS, and Android apps.

Summary :

 The Purchasing Specialist who is responsible for planning, sourcing, and purchasing all products within his/her Beauty & non-food category(ies); will have end-to-end ownership of a category of our products.

Daily functions include sourcing new vendors, building and managing current vendor relationships, negotiating costs and terms, maintaining existing product lines, and setting up new product lines respectively.

He/she will also interact with our marketing and promotion teams to come up with pricing and selling plans and make decisions on how to scale and expand our customer base and drive GMV growth and margins.

The goal of our merchandising team is to drive GMV and customer growth while maintaining healthy margins. This position will require bilingual skills ( Chinese and English ) to communicate and negotiate with both domestic and international vendors.

Job Responsibilities:

Sourcing & Procurement 

• Generate purchase orders, follow up with POs, confirm the status and ensure delivery daily

• Source and develop new vendors, craft negotiation strategies and terms on price, payment, and lead time, and close deals with optimal terms

• Source and develop new products in Asian Beauty and home segments based on various factors such as customer demands, price, quality, availability, market trends, and team budgets

Strategy and Analytics

• Develop, lead, optimize, and execute category sourcing and purchasing strategies 

• Use data and multiple dimension metrics to improve KPIs for inventory level, inventory allocation, turnover, and cash flow