We have an opening for merchandiser with our car audio (speaker + amplifier) department.

This opening requires knowleadge of speakers and car and marine audio product.

Principle Job Function:

Responsible for supporting short and long-term sourcing strategies in assigned audio catagory, driving factory relationships, initial cost negotiations, production follow up, and is accountable for project follow up and coordination. 

Detailed Description:

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• Supports both Asia based & USA team on short and long-term sourcing strategies for managed categories, executing priorities, objectives, and action plans to improve supply base and mitigate risk with measurable accountability.
• Facilitate a working relationship between manufacturers with Product Development to bring new and exciting ideas, techniques, and materials to drive product innovation.
• Supports product development management, communicating key milestones and deadlines within the sample approval process.
• Drives proactive production tracking, communicating and troubleshooting exceptions and delays.
• Negotiates costing and proposes value engineering options to achieve profitability goals while ensuring product vision is achieved.
• Collaborates with factory and Product Design to bring new art techniques and applications and researching trends.

Qualifications and expertise:

• Minimum 3 years sourcing and production/merchandising experience within the audio (speaker) and car audio field.
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Strong knowledge of product-specific construction standards, materials, and manufacturing processes/techniques.
• Outstanding negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to balance conflicting priorities between creative design and cost of goods objectives.
• Proficient in English and Mandarin or Cantonese.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and strategy-formulation skills.
• Ability to influence internal stake holders and drive efficient decision-making.
• Understanding of macro-economic pressures and variables that influence global sourcing decisions.
• Experience in merchandise sourcing and production management.
• Strong computer skills. (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, MicroCharts, etc.)
• Ability to work on multiple projects within specified time frames.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Understanding of US, Europe and Global testing, safety, and labeling requirements and impact to product design and manufacturing processes.
• Understanding product specification and testing to confirm product specifications

Please send your resume with current and expected salary to kelly@furrion.com. (All applications will be treated strictly confidential and used solely for the purpose of recruitment)

Furrion is a global technology company that focuses on developing products and services that enhance consumer lifestyles. Our diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, home appliances, specialty appliances, renewable energy, automotive navigation, information technology, power management systems and electrical components.

Since the company was founded in 2005, Furrion has become the leading supplier of luxury products to the marine, recreational vehicle, specialty vehicle, hotel, residential and adjacent specialty industries with over 150% year-over-year growth for the past eight years.

Furrion was started by three founders who shared a simple, if ambitious, vision: to make the future perfect. Today, our mission is to reinvent luxury living for a new generation, helping our customers escape the constraints of everyday life and live a future of limitless possibilities. It is this clear, idealistic vision that drives everything we do. Creating perfection isn’t easy, but we’ll never stop trying.

We are inspired to make the future better and have a relentless drive to innovate in order to make it happen as soon as possible. This restless drive begins with our founders and permeates through our work culture, creating a team of bold game changers. "Furrion is committed to facing forward, innovating not only in engineering, but also in design."