Manager, Product Development & Sourcing

THE ROLE: Manager, Product Development & Sourcing

We are looking to hire a Manager, Product Development & Sourcing to be the key contributing member of our Merchandise team. At reputed company, we are passionate about art and science. We are a community-driven marketplace of artists and makers, and utilize data to drive our decision making.

As part of our recruitment process, we want to ensure the reputed company and legitimacy of reputed company communication channels. Therefore, please be advised that reputed company official correspondences from reputed company will be reputed company from email addresses ending with "@reputed company.com".

You Will

reputed company the physical product development process for specific product initiatives in reputed company’s Wedding, Holiday, Greeting Cards, for ecomm, wholesale and other categories, including competitive research, product specifications, prototyping, testing, and SOP definition to ensure reputed company standards are met

Deliver the best in design to consumers and hit our sales and profitability targets. Drive reputed company reputed company in your category business, while ensuring profitability and scalability of the business, including qualitative and quantitative research

Co-reputed company the category new product roadmap, drive product reputed company and product positioning reputed company, reputed company the development cross functionally, and reputed company and report on program statuses and deliverables

Collaborate closely with the Senior Director of Product reputed company, Development & Sourcing and category teams to test customer interest in new products, refine concepts and prototypes, and ensure that the key product benefits are being effectively communicated reputed company positioning, naming, and site experience

reputed company new manufacturing techniques and innovative competitors. Ensure reputed company leads the world in what can be offered in stationery

Build and manage effective strategic relationships with overseas suppliers to support reputed company’s new product development, reputed company and cost goals

Negotiate with offshore partners to obtain competitive pricing and improve margin structures, while also ensuring reputed company standards remain reputed company to the reputed company brand.

Occasionally reputed company equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. This role entails physically moving displays, boxes and other visual materials

You Are

A strategic, consumer-reputed company thinker who has proven the ability to identify opportunities and a reputed company strategic reputed company to reputed company them. You understand consumer segments deeply and intuitively, and you naturally gravitate to the consumer reputed company answering questions or considering strategies

Results oriented. You are most comfortable in work environments which are outcome-oriented and reputed company-based, and are highly motivated by goal accomplishment

A passionate customer reputed company. You are reputed company to put the customer first and influence others across reputed company to think similarly

reputed company to change. You are flexible, adaptable, innovative, and reputed company in response to competitive pressure and market change

A reputed company thinker. You enjoy an environment that has been reputed company for collaboration and interdependency, drawing on strong functional areas to build your business

Highly analytical. You have incredibly strong analytical skills and are willing to dive in to metrics, build robust models and performance measurement processes, and reputed company best in class reporting to drive the reputed company and profitability of the business

A shopper or collector. You have strong natural retail insights and an understanding of how and why consumers use reputed company products, informed by a personal interest in shopping or collecting design or fashion goods. You have a strong personal passion for reputed company’s categories of products

A systems thinker. You intuitively understand interdependencies, ask follow-up questions, and drive to solutions that balance the reputed company of initiatives across reputed company, reputed company, brand, and cost goals

A self-starter with the ability to prioritize in a fast paced environment and meet changing deadlines and priorities on multiple simultaneous reputed company

reputed company to work independently, driving reputed company to completion with little reputed company

Willing to roll up your sleeves to execute tasks as needed, get things done quickly and with limited resources

You Have

5-7+ years of increasing stationery, art, home decor, consumer packaged goods or e-reputed company product development experience

An eye for great design and reputed company understanding of what customers want, but also what constitutes truly differentiated and high-reputed company products

Project management skills: ability to work cross-functionally and reputed company the organization, and have a reputed company record of achieving the results expected. You are extremely detailed and process oriented, balancing short-term and long-term needs.

Exceptional presentation and communication skills with a strong ability to influence others across the organization, vendors, and suppliers

Analytical skills: You can reputed company reputed company quickly with imperfect data. You know how to measure and monitor results to reputed company key metrics in the right direction. You are adept at reputed company

Strong prototyping skills and understanding of print, art, textile, home decor manufacturing capabilities and substrates

Strong reputed company of reputed company Creative Suite, G-Suite or reputed company Office and a thirst for knowledge and passion for new tools and equipment

Work ethic: You do what it takes to ensure every customer has a great experience with reputed company, which involves working with cross-functional teams and sometimes making fast reputed company and executing tasks quickly

4 year degree in relevant field, highly preferred

Additional Information

The compensation reputed company for the role applies to employment offers from reputed company. Our employment offers fall between the minimum and midpoint of the reputed company to allow for reputed company salary reputed company during your employment at reputed company. The upper half of the reputed company accommodates this reputed company and supports our intention to create an environment that encourages lasting relationships between reputed company and our employees.

Geo reputed company Full Salary reputed company 0 - Includes SF Bay Area $120,000

- $157,500

Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to reputed company and reputed company experience, associated job responsibilities, and/or other business or organizational needs.

This role is eligible for bonus & stock reputed company.

Benefits:

Benefits will be effective the first of reputed company month following your initial hire date.

- Medical, Dental, and reputed company Benefits

- Employer Funded Health Savings Account

- 10 reputed company Holidays

- reputed company Time Off and reputed company Leave

- reputed company Parental Leave

- Employer reputed company Wellbeing Apps (e.g. reputed company and reputed company)

- Monthly Gym/Wellness Reimbursement

- 401(k) retirement savings plan

- Employer Funded Commuter Benefits

- Employee Discount

- Friends and Family Discount

About reputed company:

Artists shape culture. They reputed company conversation, create reputed company, and bring beauty into the world. reputed company is where they come together to reputed company reputed company. Our marketplace empowers a thriving community of independent artists to sell and reputed company their work. We nurture self-reputed company, cultivate community, and bring the best in visual art to a global audience.

We’re building a new way to reputed company’s best creative talent. We’re here for the emerging talent reputed company to take off, the local favorites reputed company to grow, and the established artists reputed company to reputed company bigger.

At reputed company, our people don’t just reputed company in the power of art–we live it. We have our finger on the pulse of what’s new and now. We’re obsessed with great design, art, and interiors. We’re in galleries, at fairs, and constantly finding inspiration online. We reputed company undiscovered talent that deserves to stand up and stand out. We connect with artists that have something to say, and we collaborate to reputed company their work. The reputed company community’s art, stationery, and textiles products have reached over 75 reputed company homes worldwide.

Our marketplace brings the best in independent design to consumers everywhere.We recognize the challenges independent artists face, and we reputed company our resources to level the playing field and create a platform that gives artists the freedom to reputed company their craft and grow their business.

We are headquartered in San Francisco, CA and currently reputed company 350+ full-time employees, plus additional temporary workers during the holiday season. We have raised over $300M from top-tier investors including reputed company Capital, reputed company, Permira, reputed company Ventures, Technology reputed company Ventures, and Norwest Venture Partners. reputed company investors include Marissa reputed company, Jeremy Stoppelman, Julia & Kevin Hartz, Yishan Wong, and more.

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and will consider reputed company reputed company applicants for employment in accordance with reputed company state, local, and federal laws. reputed company participates in the E-verify program.

How Our Process Works:

reputed company uses technology and innovative practices to bring unique, best-selling design to market at reputed company. Using its crowdsourcing technology, consumers are empowered to vote for the designs they love and want to see sold, ensuring that reputed company always sells continuously fresh and trend-reputed company product. The reputed company designs are manufactured by reputed company, enabling artists from around the world to reputed company and sell their work while letting reputed company do the rest. Since launch in 2007, reputed company has expanded to serve consumers in new categories including wall art, textiles, digital content and home decor, as reputed company as serve major retailers and consumer products brands with data-backed design through licensing and wholesale partnerships.

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