Sourcing Specialist - Consumer Goods - Market America Inc

Market America, a product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing, is seeking an experienced consumer goods focused Sourcing Specialist for our Supply Chain Sourcing and Purchasing team.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for identifying sourcing and contract opportunities, provides procurement in cosmetics, personal care and skin care, and assists in contract implementation and supplier and vendor reviews. Product span will include nutraceutical – supplement products space, personal care, cosmetic - skincare areas as well as other related areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively identifies health & nutrition, cosmetics, personal care and skin care-related products and domestic and international ingredient suppliers to provide quality sourcing.
• Develops alternative sources of supply by identifying and researching prospective suppliers.
• Make recommendations to senior management regarding opportunities to improve quality, pricing, or gain efficiencies.
• Negotiates price, delivery, quantity, quality, and terms to obtain best prices and terms.
• Monitors and evaluates supplier performance to effectively meet company standards.
• Advises personnel of impending supplier failure to fulfill contractual agreements that may affect production or delivery.
• Mediates supplier issues to effectively resolve shipping quality discrepancies.
• Arranges and participates in meetings with suppliers to facilitate inspections, substitutions, and standardization.
• Negotiates and settles damage claims, rejections, losses, return of material, over-shipments, cancellation, and engineering changes.
• Collects, analyzes, and summarizes information and trends to prepare reports for management.
• Applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to increase efficiencies and customer service and to reduce costs.
• Researches and identifies industry trends to maintain best practices

Qualifications:

•Bachelors degree in Business Administration or related field.

•Seven years of experience in oversees vendor relationships, supply chain, purchasing, and negotiations.

•Or combination of equivalent experience, education, and training.

Market America offers competitive salary and generous benefits, including health, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan with company match, and an on-site health clinic.

Qualified candidates should apply online. This position will work based onsite at our Greensboro NC offices. Sorry, we are NOT able to sponsor for this position.

Market America is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Market America | SHOP.COM is changing the way people shop and changing the economic paradigm so anyone can become financially independent by creating their own economy and converting their spending into earning with the Shopping Annuity®.

ABOUT MARKET AMERICA, INC. & SHOP.COM

Market America Worldwide | SHOP.COM is a global e-commerce and digital marketing company that specializes in one-to-one marketing and is the creator of the Shopping Annuity . Its mission is to provide a robust business system for entrepreneurs, while providing consumers a better way to shop. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, and with eight sites around the globe, including the U.S., Market America Worldwide was founded in 1992 by Founder, Chairman & CEO JR Ridinger. Through the company's primary, award-winning shopping website, SHOP.COM, consumers have access to millions of products, including Market America Worldwide exclusive brands and thousands of top retail brands. Further, SHOP.COM ranks 19^th in Newsweek magazine's 2021 Best Online Shops, No. 52 in Digital Commerce 360's (formerly Internet Retailer) 2021 Top 1,000 Online Marketplaces, No. 79 in Digital Commerce 360's 2021 Top 1,000 Online Retailers and No. 11 in the 2021 Digital Commerce 360 Primary Merchandise Category Top 500. The company is also a two-time winner of the Better Business Bureau's Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics and was ranked No. 15 in The Business North Carolina Top 125 Private Companies for 2021. By combining Market America Worldwide's entrepreneurial business model with SHOP.COM's powerful comparative shopping engine, Cashback program, Hot Deals, ShopBuddy^®, Express Pay checkout, social shopping integration and countless other features, the company has become the ultimate online shopping destination.

For more information about Market America Worldwide: MarketAmerica.com

For more information on SHOP.COM, please visit: SHOP.COM