Careers Incentive Depot, a young, dynamic and fast growing company, is looking for exceptional people to add to our highly motivated, detail oriented, customer driven, and energetic team. If you are not content with mediocrity and yearn for a challenge, we'd like to hear from you. Incentive Depot, headquartered in British Columbia, provides software, awards and program administration services to companies that use incentive programs to achieve corporate objectives. We invite you to check out our website thoroughly so that you are familiar with our products and services prior to applying for any position.
Buyer / Catalog Specialist Are you a highly-motivated, organized, client-focused and detail-oriented professional looking for a challenge? You have prior experience working with corporate clients preferably at the executive level. You also have experience negotiating pricing and purchasing. You think on your feet, have excellent written and telephone communication skills, excel in multi-tasking and reprioritizing, love a challenge and problem solving, learn and work quickly, believe wholeheartedly in providing exceptional service, never miss a deadline, pitch in where needed and are proficient in all MS office products. This fast paced, challenging position will be filled by someone who meets qualifications and is eager to learn the fundamentals before growing with our company. Reports to: Operations Supervisor Location:
Courtenay, Vancouver Island, BC Compensation: Competitive hourly wage that will increase according to your performance. Hours: Part-time and varies according to demand and deadlines *Note: This position could be combined with the VIP Service Representative position to create a full-time position.
Primary Responsibilities: - Researches and sources awards for our online awards catalogs from vendors around the world
- Negotiates pricing and service standards
- Works with vendors to receive product information, pricing, descriptions and images in a timely manner
- Works with vendors to ensure that our catalog is always up-to-date
- Updates the online catalog manually through web-forms or by entering data into Excel for upload into the database
- Manipulates images, including resizing, cropping etc. and uploads via FTP
- Works with operations to ensure that client custom catalogs are created and maintained
- Works with strategic partners to ensure that they receive timely updates when awards are introduced or retired and/or when prices change
- Assists program manager with program launch, as it relates to catalogs and award choices
- Works with operations supervisor to price awards
- Follows-up with suppliers in the event that invoices don't match quoted pricing or service standards are not met
- Creates .PDF or hardcopy versions of client custom catalogs, if requested
- Researches competitors' catalogs and provides recommendations to management
- Becomes familiar with the incentive industry and workflow procedures
- Develops and builds relationship with sales and operations personnel, vendors and client contacts.
- Proactively identifies and monitors client expectations, resolving problems in a timely manner.
- Produces and delivers monthly reports relating to the profitability and positioning of the catalog, as well as statistics relating to client custom catalogs.
- Works with vendors, sales and operations teams to identify, clarify and refine recommendations for specific deliverables.
- Supports and adheres to policies and procedures established by the company and agrees with IDI's ethics, standards and commitments.
- Shares ideas on ways to improve IDI's processes, procedures, products, profit etc. and assists in the implementation.
- Assists other team members with projects as required.
Requirements:- Demonstrated ability to manage client and vendor relationships
- Strong knowledge of web application technology
- Mastered all MS Office products with an emphasis on Excel and Outlook
- Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop for image manipulation
- Previous purchasing and/or experience researching, sourcing and negotiating with vendors
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to multi-task
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills including email and telephone
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Has high energy level, is innovative and constantly seeking new ideas
- Well organized, ability to work to multiple deadlines.
- Works quickly and accurately, with an attention to detail
- Flexibility to travel as required
- May be required to work overtime to meet deadlines
- Team player... will pitch in and help others, including in other departments, if required.
- A good sense of humour
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE ... instead if you meet the requirements of the position, fax your resume to the attention of Carol Wain at
877 505 6452 Note: we will no longer accept e-mailed resumes due to viruses associated with attachments. |
