Assistant Business Development & Travel Retail Manager
by Lauris Yip in Food and Beverage
Hong Kong
Negotiable
Introduction:
Our client, an international chocolate retailer is urgently seeking candidates for the post of Assistant Business Development & Travel Retail Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the existing TR retailer/operators, wholesalers/distributors and support the growth to reach the Sales target
- Negotiate sales deal with the operators and ensure the implementation of sales strategy
- Provide timely commercial proposal and proactively look for new commercial opportunities suitable to company positioning in assigned geographic area, including operators in Asean, Greater China, Australia, Korea and Japan
- Control and follow the purchase orders working closely with Finance and Supply Chain team
- Inventory management, ensure orders are processed and delivered on time
- Creation and delivery of business proposals included of proposed assortment, sales tools, visual merchandising, price information and targets
- Assist the International Team in identifying and organizing fairs and exhibitions
- Assist the Business Development Manager in strategic business reviews
- Work closely with the Head of Business Development in the development and expansion of new markets and opportunities in Travel Retail
- Work closely with the prospect/travel retail operators to construct business plans, set sales targets, manage targets and review customer profile and category contribution per location to customize assortment
- Monitor the merchandising, assortments and planograms are respected in the different locations
- Ensuring availability of sufficient inventory, testers and printed materials on counter
Requirements:
- Degree holder preferably with major in Economics or Business Administration
- Minimum 4 years' relevant experience preferably in retail or food industries
- Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- Fluent spoken and written English. Mandarin and/or Cantonese proficiency is a plus
- Ability to work variable hours, including evenings and weekends, and to travel extensively (up to 40% of the time)
