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Job Location drjobs

Jersey City - USA

Yearly Salary drjobs

USD 125000 - 150000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

TruVolt Brands (a subsidiary of The Fesco Group) is looking for a Product Sourcing Directorto join its dynamic and growing team of top professionals that manufacture and sell Amazon 1P DTC and B2B stateofthe art home garden and landscaping equipment. Think green! Think electric and battery powered snow blowers lawnmowers pressure washers and chainsaws. TruVolt carries over 700 products all of the Snow Joe brands and recently acquired Jetson (which currently produces the number 1 selling ebicycle in the US)Shop Joe Brands: Snow Joe Sun Joe Aqua Joe Auto JoeElectric Bikes Scooters Hoverboards and More (ridejetson).

Our people have powered TruVolts mission: to disrupt historically gasdriven market sectors with topquality reliable and easytouse innovations that are both affordable and ecoconscious and to deliver these solutions to our customers with primelike speed. Our team is passionate driven collaborative intellectually curious and excited about the opportunity to transform our respective industries. We strive to continuously learn explore experiment and achieve results.

The ideal teammate is responsible for:
  • Analyze the market identify white spaces and opportunities and establish brand positioning and consumer insights
  • Identify and help develop product. This requires a strong technical understanding of battery powered equipment... and heavy interaction with Vietnam& Chinabased manufacturers
  • Develop lead and execute purchasing strategies with vendors in Asia (Vietnam & China)
  • Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve the effectiveness
  • Translate brand elements into plans and gotomarket strategies
  • Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with vendor partners
  • Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyersupplier power
  • Monitor market trends research consumer markets and competitors activities shop outs
  • Be creative shop out the category identify opportunities for line extension
  • Align the company around the brands direction choices and tactics
  • Collaborate with sales and design team on packaging concepts
  • Review test reports
Minimum Requirements needed in order to be successful:
  • BS degree in engineering strongly preferred
  • 5 years in Hardgoodsconsumer products sourcing working for an OEM manufacture
  • Strong familiarity with battery powered technologies materials sourcing and vendor management
  • Product development experience a plus
  • Strong analytical negotiating and networking skills partnered with a creative mind a must
  • Datadriven thinking and an affinity for numbers
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • Up to date with latest trends and best practices
  • Far East travel (Vietnam & China) 45times per year
  • After 6 pm WeChat collaboration with Vietnam and China vendors

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type

Full-Time

Company Industry

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