Amazon + Alibaba Product Research & Sourcing

Sourcing + Product research

a. Advanced product research skills
b. Proven working history of researching great private label product ideas and working with suppliers to bring the products to market
c. Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
d. Strong analytical skills including spreadsheets, financial models and being able to draw insights from multiple data points
e. Strong attention to details
f. Strong professional work attitude
g. History of picking successful products that are profitable to sell on Amazon.
h. Must Know and able to Un-gate gated product categories
i. Online Research to discover new trends
j. Keyword Analysis using the latest tools such as Viral Launch, Helium10 and others
k. Fluency in cutting-edge software tools including Jungle Scout, Viral Launch, Google Trends, Profitability Calculators etc
l. Competitor Analysis
m. Finding and Negotiating with Suppliers including RFQs, web searching and Alibaba
n. Product Design/Development: Brainstorming new ideas on how to make products better
o. Sourcing: Finding and communicating with Chinese suppliers to make those improvements
p. Product Opportunity Research, Amazon Niche Research and Competitor Analysis
q. High Selling Product Analysis
r. Create List of potential new products
s. Should be a good team player, able to manage a team
t. Must be able to build and structure a process
u. Must know of Amazon Seller central policies
v. Source for wholesale suppliers using internal research strategies
Apply for wholesale accounts
w. Effective CRM / Google Docs usage
x. Products sourced are profitable and achieve target ROI and net profit margins and not to lose our on deals.