Category Specialist

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.

Benefits & Compensation:

• 401(k) Matching
  

• Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, and Dental
  

• Paid Time Off: Vacation, Sick, and Holidays
  

• On-site Amenities: Gym, Pool, Game Rooms, etc.
  

• Team Building
  

• Employee Discount
  

• Employee Referral
  

• Coffee and Snacks
  

• $50K-70K

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Category Specialist for the Beauty/ Food/Home team. As a Category Specialist you will work closely with our merchandisers to maximize the margins and net profit of the assigned brands/products through multiple strategies. These strategies include online promotion events, content marketing, sales forecasting and market analysis.

Job Responsibilities:

Product Strategy:

• Work closely with the purchasing team, collect and provide customer insights to identify new products, and promote new products.
  

• Be responsible for the health and efficiency of the product line, continuously develop new products, and eliminate low-efficiency products.
  

• Develop and maintain the product content and price of each product, be responsible for the conversion rate of each product.
  

Marketing:

• Manage and own the promotional strategy and planning across all channels including iteration, developing a bundling strategy, modeling, forecasting, and post-analysis reporting to inform our decision-making on future programs.
  

• Maintain the inventory healthy by working closely with purchasing teams, identify slow-moving products, increase exposure and conversion of slow-moving products.
  

• Work closely with different channels and design teams to deliver high conversion campaigns and drive category growth.
  

• Work closely with vendors and brands to deliver high-quality branding campaigns that drive brand awareness.
  

Customer Experience:

• Continuously improve the customer experience of the category.
  

• Be responsible for the customer metrics of the category, continuously increase the retention rate and customer frequency of the category.
  

Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor s degree in Business, Marketing or a related field or equivalent work experience
  

• Minimum 2 years of experience in e-commerce marketing
  

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English & Mandarin
  

Qualifications (Preferred):

• Familiar with Asian food and cosmetic products
  

• Strong analytical skills, proficient in using Microsoft Excel, familiarity with SQL and Tableau preferred
  

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player
  

• Japanese or Korean language skill is a big plus
  

• Experience in developing product requirements and working with product managers