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Senior Director, Retail

Coupang

Coupang

Sales & Business Development
Taipei City, Taiwan
Posted on Feb 29, 2024

Job Description

Company Introduction

Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer from the instant they open the Coupang app to the moment an order is delivered to their door.

We have recently launched our services in Taiwan including Rocket Delivery which offers next-day delivery for a wide selection of items at affordable prices and Rocket Overseas which offers free international delivery on millions of best-selling products from Korea, the U.S., and beyond.

We are looking for talents to help us lead Coupang’s expansion in Taiwan. This is an exceptional opportunity to become a part of Coupang’s growth in Taiwan and create a world where our customers wonder, “How did we ever live without Coupang?

Position: Senior Director, Retail Taiwan

Role Overview

As the Senior Director of Retail in Taiwan, you will play a pivotal part in Coupang’s Retail business. You are expected to manage a complex and fast paced organization while working with various stake holders across multiple domains to establish short-term and long-term plans. Champions category needs to scale/grow broadly across the company; work effectively across organizations to influence the roadmaps of interdependent teams to delivery against category goals.

What You Will Do

  • P&L management and develops plans that drive revenue and financial improvements for the business.
  • Managing key vendors relationships and negotiation
  • Influence teams across hierarchies to deliver results. Ability to lead communication with leadership regarding category and vendor strategy based on company goals related to and not limited to selection, profitability, etc.
  • Think outside the box, wear multiple hats, and is excited by deciphering multiple urgent needs to deliver meaningful results whilst moving quickly.
  • Managing a large number of employee and a large-scale organization with multiple teams, including hiring and development.
  • Sets and communicates vision, inspires, and aligns organization to business and customer strategy.

Basic Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in Retail or related field; experience with solving and finds measures to improve the overall performance of the company or the functional org.
  • Experience leading a way/degree of strategical development of the business.
  • Cultivates and maintains a culture of innovation, whilst having the ability to identify and simplify complexity that blocks innovation.
  • Instilling a strong compliance culture whilst establishing a process to reduce risks. (Sets rules, a reporting and aligning process, etc.)

Recruitment Process and Others

Recruitment Process

  • Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview – Offer
  • The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.
  • Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Details to Consider

  • This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.
  • Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.
  • Coupang does not discriminate against disabled applicants or those with veteran status. We are proud to offer equal opportunities for all applicants.