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Retail Manager

3+ months ago New York, NY

The Wally Shop is looking for a Retail Manager who can help oversee management of day to day vendor sourcing and management. This would include: managing our existing vendors and products, sourcing new vendors, overseeing development of new vendor on-boarding, and pipeline generation.

The Retail Manager will be tasked with making sure day to day vendor management "runs smoothly" by bringing efficient and effective systems to increase the productivity of The Wally Shop. Applicants should accordingly have strong communication, analytic, presentation and interpersonal skills. We are looking for someone with a go-getter attitude and entrepreneurial spirit.

Reporting to the COO, the Retail Manager will lead all things retail including (but not limited to) the following responsibilities:

  • Manage daily and monthly vendor processes
  • Source new vendor leads and coordinate on-boarding new products
  • Create programatic pipelines for vendor leads
  • Actively creates processes and automation that feed into foundation of role
  • Work cross functionally to implement changes necessary to get job done

As a prerequisite, the successful candidate must have a passion for entrepreneurship and a strong interest in consumer brands. Additional requirements are:

Strategic Vision and Agility: ability to think strategically, anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into the organizational plan

Team Player: exceptional capacity for managing and leading people with a positive attitude

Action Oriented: enjoys working hard, problem solving and looks for challenges; able to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available; willing to be resourceful and get their hands dirty

Strong desire to work for a start up and in an entrepreneurial culture are a must for this role.

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Client-provided location(s): New York, NY, Flexible / Remote, Austin, TX
Job ID:
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2020-06-19T16:03:06.739513

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Remote Work Opportunities
      • Office Life and Perks

        • Casual Dress
        • Pet-friendly Office
      • Vacation and Time Off

        • Unlimited Paid Time Off
      • Financial and Retirement

        • Company Equity
      • Professional Development

        • Promote From Within
      • Diversity and Inclusion