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Why Vimbly Group?

Founded in 2011, we are a profitable and rapidly-growing company looking to welcome new amazing individuals to our team. We believe that by nurturing and investing in our people, the path for career growth is limitless. At Vimbly Group, you’ll be empowered to take ownership of your work, asked to voice your opinion and cheered on with every creative approach you take. With paid onboarding & training, amazing culture and competitive pay, we believe that no matter what your background is, with the right amount of effort and dedication you can grow right along with us.

Amazon New Product Development Analyst

We are looking for a New Product Development Analyst who is excited about finding, helping to develop and sell high quality products online. This is a role that will support Vimbly Group’s eCommerce business unit, which is a collection of brands predominantly selling on Amazon FBA. The best candidates for this role enjoy wearing many different hats, but especially like researching, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, as well as testing hypotheses to come up with the best product listings possible. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in using the latest Amazon software to find product niches that have an unmet need, and creating product listings that will convert.

Responsibilities

Generate innovative new product ideas, exploring both variations of existing products and entirely new concepts

Create competitive landscape matrices to understand the current products in a given niche

Run review studies to identify top reasons people love/hate current products, and use that to identify key product improvements and feature highlights

Conduct comprehensive keyword research to understand opportunities, challenges, and the positioning of products in various niches

Coordinate pricing with suppliers and freight forwarders

Create product scorecards, including an assessment of profit potential, to effectively evaluate and prioritize potential products for development

Initiate market research polls to identify the best product offering to bring to the market

Assist in communicating any product changes to suppliers and manufacturers

Source new suppliers where applicable

Requirements

Great communication (verbal and written) skills is a must

Desire to wear many different hats – while the above are the core responsibilities, we are a small team and periodically need help within other departments

Previous experience using tools such as Jungle Scout’s Opportunity Finder, Data Dive or Helium10’s Black Box

Previous experience using Amazon Seller Central

Previous experience using tools such as Helium10 to optimize an Amazon product listing

Creative problem solver that loves rolling up their sleeves and getting work done

Ability to work in EST timezone within 9am - 5pm time frame

Bonus: Previous experience finding suppliers using Alibaba

Bonus: Previous experience running and managing A/B tests

If this sounds like you...

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