We are looking for someone to lead our sourcing and product development efforts. This role is responsible for finding, testing, shipping and developing the best products in the market for our customers. You will be required to manage our catalogue of products and build relationships with manufacturers and suppliers. Join us in bringing exciting new products to market, making camping better one product at a time.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to understand the brand strategy to define a product development roadmap with accompanying initiatives and sourcing strategy to meet business needs.

• Work directly with manufacturers, suppliers, vendors and relevant authorities to ensure safe and accurate delivery of goods across geographical borders.

• Carry out timely and thorough research and source for new products to expand the company's product line.

• Conduct and coordinate internal and external testing of new products with complete and comprehensive reporting.

• Identify, evaluate, cultivate and maintain long-standing relationships with manufacturers, suppliers, vendors and logistics partners to advance mutual partnership objectives.

• Monitor existing inventory levels and identify purchasing needs within a given budget to ensure adequate inventory levels at all times.

• Coordinate receiving of stocks while ensuring quality control of each product delivery is maintained at a high standard.

• Receive, compile and process product feedbacks across various stakeholders for the continual improvement of the product offerings

• Maintain a comprehensive catalogue database of products with up to date and accurate information for decision making and reference of various team members within the organisation

• ●  Continually improve cost efficiency across the purchasing, shipping and product development process through streamlining and ongoing negotiations