Vendor Management Associate

Overview : Clicktech Retail Private Limited (“Clicktech”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Trends Commerce Private Limited (“New Trends Commerce”). New Trends Commerce is a Poddar Group entity with investment from Amazon. Clicktech is a prominent seller on the Amazon India marketplace and is currently operating in the category of wireless, wireless accessories, consumer electronics, personal computing, home improvement, BISS - Business Industrial & Scientific Supply, wireless Devices, Smart Home Solutions and Digital Devices. Our vision is to be India’s most customer centric company. We aspire to expand our selection in the categories we operate to every item that our customers want. We want to offer such products at the most competitive price. We intend to make these products available in such a way that these products reach the customers in the shortest possible time. We have a culture and practice of customer centricity, hiring and developing the best, insisting on the highest standards, calculated risk taking and delivering results.

Designation :

Vendor Management Associate Clicktech is expanding its Retail business and looking for a smart and ambitious individual based in Bangalore to enable new partnerships with vendors. Come and experience a company that reinvents itself every day and immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced, expanding and continuously inventing new efficiencies to offer great opportunities for our Customers and for you!

Responsibilities :

Identify, prospect, pitch, negotiate and on-board and train brand partners for Clicktech : This will require Vendor Management Associate (VMA) to reach out to new vendors through email, calls and in person meetings explaining the advantages and benefits of partnering with clicktech. VMA owns scaling up their brands revenue and meeting profitability makers. They are the owners of brands’ voice within Clicktech. VMA owns, runs, grows their business worth Millions of Rupees and usually from thousands of products. Given the scale, the business is run on data and metrics on instock, revenue, traffic, profitability, promotions and other customer experience and financial metrics. The VMA owns all these metrics for their business and their brand partners. Everyday the VMA will spend significant time on reviewing and analysing data of their business and partners basis which they arrive at their action plan. Hence the role requires reasonably good analytical, problem solving and data analysis skills. The VMA will engage with brand partners to secure selection, best offers for our customers and consistent supplies. This will require aligning brand partners on commercial and operational matters and hence will require VMA to be adept at negotiation skills. VMA actively write, present their brands’ performance and seek support from internal stakeholders (e.g. vendor management team, finance, supply chain) to deliver brand growth and a great experience.

Basic Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline preferably in those that involve strong analytical skills e.g. engineering, MBA
• Comfort in working with data and spreadsheets
• Good oral and written communication skills in English are mandatory and a working knowledge of spoken Hindi is desirable.
• Preferred experience in data-driven business operations processes
• Experience in sales operations, business development and account management in consumer facing industries is preferred
• Good Negotiation Skills
• Experience working on process improvement methodology like Six Sigma, Kaizen etc. is a plus Experience in procurement processes such as placing PO, working on lead time and knowledge is a plus

Disclaimer :

Clicktech and New Trends Commerce are equal opportunities employers. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.