Merchandiser

As Toy Merchandiser, you will be responsible for negotiation with suppliers, follow up orders from beginning until delivery.
You are a point of contact with suppliers, building and maintaining strong relationships with them. You monitor suppliers' performance and manage relations.
You will also have close communication with other team-members located in Copenhagen and Shanghai on daily operations; as key problem solver, you act as a critical link between headquarter and suppliers.
The role is crucial to understand how to optimize suppliers’ performance and work on contingency plans in all aspects.
Daily Order Management including but not limited to order placement, product data checking, order execution, adjustment, order follow up, and cancellation efficiently
Master data updates & maintenance in system
Close follow-up on our orders to secure on time deliveries
Close communication on additional order requests, cancellations, ETD, compliance, and quality issues
Suppliers’ management i.e., on negotiation of price, MOQ and delivery
Cooperate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure process smoothly completed
Be proactive with problem solving initiatives, diagnosing production problems and working with suppliers to present viable alternatives
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (commercial, planning, compliance, quality, CSR teams, logistics, etc.) on different activities - such as pre-product testing, factory evaluation and social compliance audit
As Toy merchandiser, you should have
- a bachelors’ degree in international trade,
- 2-3 years relevant work for toy products
- Basic product/production/industry knowledge; familiar with supplier management and ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders
- Constant improvement mindset and way of working, follow-up, analyze and find solutions
- Excellent negotiation skills
- High accuracy level and attention to details
- Proficient in English both oral and written
- Microsoft super user is a must, especially in Excel, PPT
As a person you must be structured, efficient, proactive and detail oriented. You are used to work under short deadlines, act and communicate professionally with a positive attitude and team-player mindset – also during busy periods.