Business Development manager (Canada)

Job Description

• Drive business expansion and supply acquisition in Canada, with a strong understanding of local market trends and supply dynamics, especially in the sneaker and fashion industry
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute promotional and marketing initiatives
• Conduct weekly data analysis on sales and inventory across categories, brands, and SKUs; forecast demand, optimize sales performance, and improve supply-demand matching
• Monitor daily business metrics, manage vendor communications, support data-driven decision making, coordinate marketing resources, negotiate pricing, and drive vendor revenue growth
• Cultivate the growth of vendors through systematic methods such as products preparation/ platform understanding/ training, and maximize the capabilities of vendors
• Develop supply acquisition strategies based on demand across brands and categories; lead Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Business Reviews to drive business planning
• Track and improve sellers’ order fulfillment performance and resolve operational issues
• Achieve targets as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience in an Account Management or Business Development role, with more than 3 years of experience in the e-commerce industry
• Experience with sneakers, luxury, handbags, watches, and hype sectors is preferred
• Familiarity with the trends of relevant categories, understand channel distribution, best selling merchandises, consumer structure and characteristics, etc., and be sensitive to market, products and consumer trends;
• Familiarity with Canadian market and e-commerce supply scene, business operations model and verticals in the industry
• Entrepreneurial spirit, Self-driven, proactive, excellent communication skills, strong project coordination ability, skilled at promoting cross departmental work, and able to take the lead in projects and conversations
• Sensitive to data, strong logical thinking ability and can combine data to solve problems
• Confidence in presenting, verbal and written communications
• Extrovert with ability to develop high interpersonal skills
• Fluid and able to adapt to change quickly in a fast paced environment
• Highly organized with attention to detail
• Excel and software proficiency
• Bachelor's degree or above