List of open positions (Please indicate the position that you want to apply in email subject)

• Supply Chain Analyst

• UX/UI Designer

• User Researcher

• Branding Specialist

• Digital Marketing Specialist

• Email Marketing Specialist

• Promotion Specialist

• Merchandiser

• Merchandiser Assistant

• B2B Business Development Specialist

• Senior Database Administrator

• Senior Software Engineer

• Marketplace Business Development Specialist

• New Retail Business Development Specialist

• Supply Chain Analyst

Summary:

The Supply Chain Analyst is responsible for improving Yamibuy in stock rate and turnover rate through forecasting and data analysis.

Job Responsibilities:

• Utilize history and forecast data to prepare and present recommendations that drive sales, improve in-stock rate, right-size inventory, and improve forecast accuracy

• Collect, analyze and review quantitative data and creating meaningful reports to drive business improvement and cost reductions

• Assist in the development of all planning, forecasting, and reporting models and their continuous innovation and improving the use and ease of interpretation by your business partners

• Develop transshipment strategies to maintain high in stocks on key strategic items

• Support & execute network capacity plan through in-depth data analysis in accordance with facility capacity/layout and operational constraints

• Analyze inventory data to support improvement opportunities to increase item setup and allocation accuracy

• Drive the development and improvement of new and existing operational tools, reports, and dashboards to monitor the health of the network and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Model compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity

• Design and performs analyses to address and resolve operational concerns

• Process and Track Logistics KPI Data

• Perform ad-hoc statistical analysis to investigate forecast variances and propose forecasting solutions

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Advanced degree in supply chain, business, engineering, mathematics, operations research, or statistics related fields

• 2 to 4 years of prior replenishment experience in retail industry preferred

• Understanding of CPFR processes and Supply Chain product flow

• Professional maturity and ability to work autonomously

• Strong technical proficiency (MS Excel, SQL, Python) and database mining knowledge

• Ability to work with and combine large data sets from varied platforms to perform complex analyses and simplify the output for business teams

• Ability to work within structured processes with a high level of accuracy and deliver resolution of complex problems

• Strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English and Mandarin

User Researcher

Summary:
Yamibuy is looking for a passionate user researcher to carry out research to help continue our mission of making saving and investing accessible and understandable. This role will be critical to ensure that we keep the customer at the center and never stop growing and improving.

Job Responsibilities:

Creates research proposals and plans for usability testing (in person and remote) and other qualitative research, including ethnography/field research, concept testing, surveys, diary studies, task analysis, and benchmarking studies

Summarizes user research key points and communicate findings to design teams in an agile environment

Finds creative and compelling ways to present and evangelize research insights throughout the organization in order to help inform and cultivate design improvements for users

Qualifications and Requirements:

BS/BA degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Psychology, or a related field.

Minimum 1 years of experience providing user research insights to improve Ecommerce web/Apps

Demonstrated expertise in a variety of qualitative research methods

Ability to conduct heuristic reviews of customer-facing applications

Ability to apply the right research-tools and methodologies to fit goals and constraints

Experience with agile usability and agile methodologies

Excellent communication, problem-solving, facilitation, presentation, and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English/ Mandarin

UX/UI Designer

Job Responsibilities:

Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to concept beautiful and intelligent user experiences.

Execute at every stage of the design lifecycle from concept to delivery.

Contribute to design thinking at the company, resulting in tangible improvements across our portfolio of products – as well as to how we approach and solve customer problems.

Analyze user interface problems and create design solutions that deliver on business goals and requirements.

Take end-to-end responsibility by creating design deliverables that serve the needs of both business and technology.

Qualifications and Requirements:

BS/BA in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or related discipline.

Minimum 3 years delivering experience design solutions as a UX/UI designer.

Experience designing customer facing retail web/App.

Experience working in a collaborative team, publicly white-boarding, and working directly with developers for implementation of designs.

Comprehensive understanding of the current state of web technology and best practices.

Ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.

Strong practical knowledge of user-centered design methodologies, usability principles, web-based information architecture, and design.

Understand accepted UX process standards well enough to be entitled to selectively abandon them.

Capacity to own and drive the design process by independently defining requirements, scoping projects and prioritizing tasks.

Talent for crafting imaginative and innovative design solutions while maintaining user expectations through pattern consistency and interaction harmony.

Ability to demonstrate designs with functional prototypes in Axure or Sketch and demonstrate strong visual design expertise with ability to produce fresh, simple, elegant and exceedingly usable layouts and interactions and iconography.

Must be bilingual in English and Mandarin, with impressive communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Branding Specialist

Summary:

We are looking for a talented Branding Specialist to join the Corporate Marketing team in our Los Angeles Office. This role provides administrative support in the planning, development, and implementation of various branding and public relations projects. The Branding Specialist will report to the Branding & PR Manager and work closely with cross-functional teams to assist in the activation of key marketing plans and other strategic priorities.

Essential Job Responsibility:

Support branding & PR campaign to increase Yamibuy brand awareness and favorability

Conduct prospect research to identify new projects, and evaluate opportunities for partnerships, sponsorships and advertising on an on-going basis

Brainstorm, plan and execute branding & PR campaigns

Coordinate, create and develop internal & external communications materials, including but not limited to statements, press releases, and advertisements

Participate in media relations, advertising/media buy, online & offline events planning, and more

Other duties as assigned

Qualification and Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications or related field

1-3 years marketing related experience preferred

Creative and open-minded

Self-starter, well-organized and attention to detail

Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop preferred

Portfolio of previously marketing related campaigns and copywriting samples encouraged

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English and Mandarin

Digital Marketing Specialist

Summary:

The Digital Marketing Specialist is responsible to manage pay-per-click (PPC) marketing activities and the affiliate channel. The individual will manage all paid search campaigns as well as planning, developing and executing marketing programs that support and recruit new affiliates. Also, individual will be in charge of product marketing, information technology, and marketing communications to roll out different affiliate marketing initiatives. A successful candidate will effectively manage the paid search budget and work with the SEO team to maximize ROI, drive traffic, and customers.

ob Responsibility:

Execute tests, collect and analyze data, identify trends and insights in order to achieve maximum ROI in paid search campaigns. Optimize copy and landing pages for paid search engine marketing campaigns. Perform ongoing paid keyword discovery, expansion, and optimization

Track, report, and analyze website analytics and PPC initiatives and campaigns. Manage campaign expenses, staying on budget, estimating monthly costs and reconciling discrepancies

Help conceptualize, launch and promote new creative, custom offers, advertising ideas and campaigns

Serve as primary liaison with the affiliate agency, communicating effectively to strategically grow the channel

Perform marketing research on potential affiliate partners

Monitor affiliates and enforce company procedures around affiliate programs

Review affiliate contracts, nurture relationships with external vendors, affiliates, and partners

Create campaign reports that show progress and return on investment

Qualification and Requirement:

BS/MS degree in Marketing or a quantitative, test-driven field

1 year experience in related field

Well-versed in performance marketing, conversion, and online customer acquisition

Proven SEM experience and success managing PPC campaigns

Familiar with core components of affiliate, including hands-on experience with affiliate platforms as well as publishers

Experience with website analytics tools (e.g, Google Analytics, Omniture, BI)

Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and work cross-functionally

Familiar with Asian brands and enjoy trying a variety of food and/or cosmetics is a plus

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English and Mandarin

Email Marketing Specialist

Summary:

The Email Marketing Specialist will play a key role in developing and executing Email and Push Marketing strategies across the entire customer journey. The individual will be responsible for email marketing strategy, development, implementation, analysis and reporting. The successful candidate must have the ability to communicate well, have a strong work ethic and organizational skills to work at times independently with minimal supervision or collaboratively and who can adapt quickly to changing requirements. We have a rapidly growing Digital Marketing program, and this is an opportunity to both develop and apply your skills.

Job Responsibility:

Develop and execute email campaigns in MailChimp to promote site campaigns and products

Write engaging content and design graphics for email campaigns

Manage and execute CRM tactics to increase customer LTV by driving engagement, retention, and purchasing frequency

Stay up to date on latest trends in email marketing

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification and Requirement:

BA/BS in Marketing, E-business or related discipline and/ or equivalent working experience

1+ year experience with email marketing and hands-on experience working with an ESP

Proficient in Adobe Photoshop

Working knowledge of HTML is preferred

Excellent understanding of email marketing concepts and metrics

Familiarity with Push marketing a plus

Familiarity with Asian brands and enjoy trying a variety of food and/or cosmetics a plus

Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with tight deadlines

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English and Mandarin

Promotion Specialist

Summary:

We are looking for a talented Promotion Specialist to join the team in our Los Angeles Office. This role will plan and execute online and offline marketing campaigns, including onsite merchandising, seasonal promotions, new product launches, sweepstakes and contests, and marketing events. And individual will be well coordinated with cross-functional teams and in charge of daily maintenance on the website.

Essential Job Responsibility:

• Develop and manage seasonal promotion calendar, and effectively communicate with different teams to ensure successful campaign execution

• Come up with marketing campaigns that are appealing to targeted audience, including seasonal promotions, new product launches, sweepstakes, and contests

• Responsible for marketing campaigns from initiation to execution which includes but not limit to promotion copy (English & Chinese), price lock, promo code creation, design concept, and coordinate marketing activities for both online and offline channels

• Responsible for daily product performance, including site products and banner replacement

• Analyze campaign performance and communicate with teams regarding learnings and improvements for future promotions

• Manage website banner and product placements, and optimize ROI with analytics

• Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices in Marketing, and convert them into campaigns

• Collaborate with corporate marketing to ensure campaigns get the best exposure

Qualification and Requirements

• BA degree in Marketing, Business, Communication or related areas

• 1+ years’ experience in direct marketing, market research, corporate communications or advertising preferred

• Excellent organizational skills to work independently and manage projects with many moving parts

• Excellent communicator and creative thinker, with an ability to use both data and intuition to inform decisions

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English and Mandarin

Merchandiser

Summary:

Yamibuy.com is seeking the Bilingual Merchandiser-to join our product and purchasing management team in Beauty products.

The Bilingual Merchandisers are responsible for planning, sourcing, selecting, and purchasing a number of products, managing vendor relations, maintaining the existing product lines and setting up the new product lines respectfully. This position will require bilingual skills in order to communicate with both international and domestic vendors. The goal of our product and purchasing team is to maximize our products lines with the strong price negotiation and networking skills.

Essential Job Responsibility:

• Source and purchase with the vendors based on the customer demand including price, quality, availability, market trends, and team budgets

• Source and buy Asian food and cosmetic products

• Analyze the customer buying patterns and forecast the future trends

• Manage and maintain the current products and vendors

• Generate Purchasing Order/Sales Order based on the company purchasing policy.

• Follow up with purchasing order on delivery and status of all open PO on a daily basis

• Verify S/O and Invoices for any order discrepancies

• Develop new products and vendors including assist with negotiating terms, price, and lead time with vendors

• Act as a liaison between vendors and internal team to track shipments, and product qualities and promotions

• Work with our departments to come up with promotion activities

• Communicate with international and domestic vendors in a daily basis

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Qualification and Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Communication or related field prefer

• Years purchasing experience in retail (Preferred experiencing in Asian food and cosmetic industry)

• Proficient in Microsoft Office i.e. Excel, word, PowerPoint.

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills in English and Mandarin, Japanese/Korean a plus

Merchandiser Assistant

Summary:

A purchasing merchandiser assistant will be responsible for supporting the merchandising team with the day-to-day aspects of buying. An ideal candidate will be detail-orientated, have good communication skill and thrive in a fast-paced work environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute Purchase Orders to suppliers, including maintaining and updating documents

• Handle and Follow up with A/P, PO, delivery, payment concerns

• Follow up on projects and meet departmental deadlines

• Ensure vendor compliance documentations are current and completed

• Ensure item numbers and pricing are accurate and completed in company systems (Central Pricing etc)

• Other tasks as assigned by Supervisor

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Major is a plus

• 1+ years of working experience, purchasing working experience in retail and /or e-commerce is a plus

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. Knowledge of Macola database system a plus

• Detail-orientated, fast learner

• Ability to take ownership on projects and work independently with minimal supervision

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English/ Mandarin

B2B Business Development Specialist

Summary:
New Retail department is looking for an experienced Business Development specialist. An ideal candidate is someone who has close and active relationship with American enterprises, especially the U.S based Chinese enterprises, expert in cooperative negotiation to develop Yamibuy’s network with offline clients, especially targeting the Chinese market in the United State. Main responsibilities include identify and approach potential clients, assist in B2B business development and expansion.

Essential Job Responsibility:

Build and maintain strong relationships with American enterprises, especially the U.S based Chinese enterprises

Develop different strategies and forms of cooperation based on the needs of each client

Negotiate with the target clients for working opportunities, includes procurement and promoting our company’s snack shelves

Requirements and Qualifications:

Active business network/ relationship with different US companies, especially U.S based Chinese enterprises

Familiar with company products and provide client with the most suitable operation suggestion

Strong public relations skills

Excellent in English and Chinese in written and verbal communications

Senior Database Administrator

Essential Job Responsibility:
•Responsible to review all application changes that require database access 
•Tune database parameters for performance and stability
•Maintain slave replication consistency
•Enforce security and review database access permissions
•Design and maintain a fault tolerant MySQL HA solution
•Perform on-call responsibilities


Qualification and Requirement:
•3+ years managing, tuning, backing up (full/incremental) MySQL databases
•3+ years of SQL/ODBC/JDBC development experience
•Knowledge in one or more: C, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails
•Familiar with monitoring tools such as Nagios, Cacti, MRTG
•Experienced at working with geographically distributed (WAN-based) systems
•BS degree in CS/MIS or equivalent DBA experience
•Knowledge of the differences between Percona, Infobright, MariaDB is a plus
•Experienced in designing and building reliable, fault-tolerant systems is a plus
•A working knowledge of Apache, BIND, LighHTTPD, TCP/IP, RSYNC, SNMP, SSH is a plus
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English/ Mandarin

Senior Software Engineer

Summary:

Yamibuy is looking for a Sr. Software Engineerparticipatesintechnical solutions and system design. This position is also responsible for building next generation of web services, having strong knowledge of complex systems design and improving the quality of the code. Yamibuy’s Sr. Software Engineer is also required to have a keen sense of technology and is able to solve difficult problems. Supervising, Innovation, creativity and understanding user experience will be a key part of the job.

Essential Job Responsibility:

BS or MS in EE/CS or other applicable discipline with 3+ years of experience

• Experience building web services and at least proficiency in one language such as PHP, PythonorNode.js

• Experience in SQL and MySQL data structure design

• Experiencein ShellProgramming and Git code management tools
  Familiarwith Linuxsystem management and agile development process

Excellent oral and written communications skills in Bilingual language English and Mandarin

Marketplace Business Development Specialist

Summary:

We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment and welcome change. This position will work closely with Marketplace Account manager in a wide range of marketing and sales activities related to Marketplace.

Job Responsibilities:

Reach out new clients and develop new opportunities. Proactively call and establish relationships with new clients and secure contracts to achieve monthly revenue goals

Create relevant and targeted lists of prospects through multiple avenues to build a consistent pipeline of new business

Work with Marketplace Account Manager to set up meetings with target prospective clients, as well as coordinate follow-up activities as needed

Identify prospects’ needs, understand business drives behind requests, and explain the Yamibuy-Marketplace value proposition to the clients through presentation

Provide forecast on sales volumes over relevant time periods based on KPI

Qualifications and Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related major, or Associate’s Degree with related experience

Minimum 2 years of experience in e-commerce sales and business development

Marketplace or related experience preferred

Competent knowledge on Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

Ability to work independently in the preparation and presentation of effective strategies for sellers’ development

Detail-oriented, well-organized, and excellent presentation skill required

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in bilingual language English and Mandarin

New Retail Business Development Specialist

Summary:

The New retail department is looking for a business development specialist. An ideal candidate should have active networking and good understanding in the U.S local market, especially the Chinese market/ enterprises in the United State. Moreover, the BD Specialist should have the ability to seek for offline agencies/distributors for Yamibuy through existing resources (company’s resources and personal network). The responsibilities include obtaining offline agencies/distributors, assisting with business development and expansion.

Essential Job Responsibility:

Deep understanding of the market situation in each state or region, especially Chinese market

Select proper agencies/distributors and develop business relationship with them on becoming state or regional agencies/distributors of Yamibuy

Assist and supervise the regional agencies/distributors, sub-agencies/distributors, and extend our service in the wholesale sector

Assist and supervise the state or regional agencies/distributors with the expansion of offline selling location and snack shelf service

Requirements and Qualifications:

Have active business relationship in the Chinese market

Experience in the wholesale markets

Familiar with offline retail business processes

Have certain experience in channel management experience; able to assist regional agencies/distributors to expand our company market

Excellent in English and Chinese in written and verbal communications