'Hungry to make a difference? Then foodpanda may be the place for you!'

At foodpanda, we’re on a mission to redefine customers’ food and shopping experience as a multifaceted online platform across the 14 countries we operate in. We’re all about bringing on the smartest and brightest minds as we continue to grow in a fast-moving and agile environment, and hiring those who can thrive in an energetic and hardworking start-up culture. We strive to become everybody’s most loved delivery platform, however, this won't happen without some really awesome people!

We are looking for a highly-driven and motivated Merchandising Coordinator (Part time) to join our fun, professional and dedicated pandamart Department based here in Hong Kong. Our pandamart Department strives to change the Hong Kong consumers' groceries. As our merchandising specialist, you will be the key player in expanding our product range. Being the listener of our customers’ needs, our merchandising team aims to bring the customers’ favourite products to the platform while offering attractive product value and promotions. 

Role Description

• Full P&L responsibility for the category, subcategory, including revenue, margin, wastage & other supplier income
• Must develop and execute optimal category strategy, pricing, promotions, range, availability, and cost prices to expand both sales and margin
• Ensure pandanow has the widest selection and best prices in the market through international sourcing, recruiting marketplace sellers and leveraging competitive intelligence
• Work with existing vendor base to negotiate cost, funding and terms improvement, secure supplier marketing and advertising spend, develop new incentive programs, and ensure a reliable and operationally effective flow of goods to our fulfillment centre
• Work to develop new sourcing and extended range to ensure we have high quality, good value goods available to our customers year-round
• Employ data-driven decision making to drive the category. Provide insight to the head of merchandising and work closely with marketing and supply chain to forecast demand and ensure consistent supply
• Partner with Operations team to manage inventory levels and wastage
• Contribute to pandanow growth by optimising and streamlining Category management. Help to design systems and processes to minimise time spent on day-to-day tasks and allow more time for strategic thinking
• Work cross functionally with Supply Chain, Operations, Imports, Pricing, Strategy, Finance, Trade Marketing and Marketing to deliver strategic projects allowing pandanow to offer the best customer experience

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant
• 2+ years' relevant work experience, preferably in FMCG, retail, account and category management
• Demonstrated track record of successful negotiations, influence and overall relationship management (both internal and external)
• Ability to work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment, with strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills
• Ability and desire to contribute to wider team performance and culture
• Strong analytical skills
• Great communication skills (both oral and written) are a must
• Mastery of MS Office (particularly Excel and PowerPoint) as well as agility with web-based software applications and internally-developed systems
• Candidates with more experiences will be considered for merchandising manager or senior merchandiser

What we offer

• An international team that you will learn and be inspired from
• A fast-paced environment to hone your entrepreneurial and professional skills
• A great collaborative working atmosphere with regular company and team events
• Responsibility from day one in a fast growing and global company