Assistant Category Specialist - (AMAZON)

At IRIS USA Inc., we have always aimed to enhance how people organize their lives, making us a leader in the organization industry. Our breakthrough came in 1994 when we introduced clear plastic storage solutions, by growing domestic home storage manufacturing through robotic automation into Arizona, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Since then, we have expanded our range to include small appliances, pet products, home goods, and RTA furniture, catering to a wide array of customer needs. Celebrating sixty years as a global brand, we pride ourselves on innovation, quality, and exceptional customer service. Our success stems not just from our products, but from our commitment to building lasting relationships with our customers, offering solutions that simplify and organize life in homes, offices, and beyond.  

SUMMARY: 

Assist Category team with sourcing and increasing a category of products and brands across ecommerce channels at a national level to deliver new product categories that will optimize the consumer experience and satisfaction.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Assist Ecommerce Category and Sales teams to drive sales growth and expansion with responsibility of research and identification of new product proposals and existing product growth.
• Generate new item ideas through Presentations of Competitive Landscape
• Review and monitor webpages daily of Company product and competitors; to include page updates, pricing status and promotions.
• Assist with monitoring progress of domestic and import organic growth, products, promotions.
• Assist the Senior Category Specialist to monitor and update various ecommerce sites, ranking, pricing, sales, promotions, and assets.
• Review and update purchase orders, inventory, SKUs, pricing, and promotions
• Collaborate and communicate with a variety of internal departments to include sales, cost departments, production, business planning and scheduling, and supply chain.
• Assist with monitoring adequate sales forecasting to production planning to meet sales demand.
• Conduct market reviews and develop selling ideas for assigned products.
• Attend various meetings analyzing and reporting results, market situation, new ideas, action plans, and learned outcomes.
• Assist with reducing slow and dead moving product.
• Perform a variety of administrative tasks to include scheduling, coordinating, communicating, and facilitating events.
• Effectively communicate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders using multiple tools to ensure effective visual communication.
• Perform similar level or nature of duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing or equivalent experience in marketing/sales

Knowledge of:

• Sales and marketing principles
• Consumer goods in plastic storage, small appliances, and similar household consumables

Skill in:

• Use of computer software: Microsoft Access, Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook

Ability to:

• Multi-task and support multiple priorities at one time.
• Utilize initiative and motivation to keep progress momentum.
• Exhibit effective interpersonal skills.
• Practice a positive attitude.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a large variety of audiences both internally and externally. 

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Light work: Activities will involve frequent sitting, using a computer, analyzing large amounts of data, communicating verbally and in writing. Exerting 20-50 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly. Operate a variety of standard office equipment including a computer, telephone, calculator, copy, and fax machine requiring continuous and repetitive arm, and hand and eye movement. Move and operate presentation equipment. Travel to and from meetings and various locations inside and outside the building.