Intern-General Merchandise

Lazada; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lazada in Malaysia seeks a Commercial strategist to develop and manage a portfolio of brands and merchants on the Lazada platform. The role covers pricing strategy, sales targets, and marketing spend optimization.

You will build strong relationships with partners, support store launches and campaigns, and coach sellers with channel marketing plans, while coordinating with internal teams for optimal seller support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• Strong business acumen and stakeholder management skills.
• Self-motivated, adaptable in a fast-changing environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Proven track record of high-level negotiations and relationship management.
• Good computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Develop, monitor and manage an assigned portfolio of brands and merchants on the Lazada platform.
• Formulate a commercial portfolio strategy, including range and pricing, to hit sales targets.
• Evaluate performance daily/weekly/monthly to optimize product, pricing, promotion, and marketing spend.
• Establish strong relationships with Lazada's partners and support their store launches and campaigns.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure seller support in supply chain, customer service, and marketing.

Skills

Business acumen

Stakeholder management

Communication

Negotiation

Planning and organization

Adaptability

Saas/platform understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/ Economics/ Finance/ Supply Chain/ Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Responsibilities

Commercial strategist

• Develop, monitor and manage an assigned portfolio of brands and merchants on the Lazada platform
• Formulate a sound commercial portfolio strategy, including range and pricing, and ensure key accounts to hit their sales targets
• Evaluate performance on a daily, weekly and month basis to further optimize product, pricing and promotion decisions, as well as marketing spend

Relationship manager

• Establish strong relationships with Lazada's partners, and support their activities on our platform
• Support Lazada's partners in their store launches, sales campaigns and brand events
• Coordinate with other internal teams to ensure adequate support in areas like supply chain, customer service and marketing; ensure changes in our business create win-win scenarios for Lazada and our sellers
• Pitch promotional tools for the platform that will help sellers increase customer traffic and sales

Skilled consultant

• Curate comprehensive trend knowledge and industry insights to drive category success
• Develop channel marketing and promotions plans
• Coach sellers in maximising yield from our platform, and internal teams on optimal seller support

Job Requirements

Requirements/Qualifications(must have)

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related field
• Strong business acumen, and proven talent and stakeholder management skills
• Self-motivated, highly adaptable, and comfortable in a fast-changing and fluid environment
• Excellent oral and written communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Strong track record of high-level negotiations and successful internal and external relationship management
• Good computer literacy