Senior Director, Brand Management

The role

You will run various retail businesses and provide strategic vision for the business you run. You will build strategic relationships with partners and conduct negotiations to drive growth and profit for the Retail business.

What you will do

• Run various businesses pertaining to Retail that are not limited to a specific category.
• Provide a strategic vision for the business and build strategic relationships with internal and external key partners.
• Break down complex problems and conduct negotiations with executives and high-level stakeholders of external retail companies.
• Set up standards for metrics required for business operation.
• Provide and implement guidelines for sales, marketing, inventory, and P&L management.
• Achieve improvements through a systematic approach to drive business growth and customer satisfaction.
• Hire and nurture talent into future leaders.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• At least 15 years of experience in the field of business
• Ability to provide hands-on leadership to solve problems based on experience in a managerial role
• Experience handling end-to-end aspects of a business, including P&L
• Experience establishing long-lasting relationships with top-notch global/local brands in the retail and eCommerce market
• Experience leading successful negotiations with brands
• Ability to influence the organization with strong and verifiable analytical skills
• Experience in managing/building a team and hiring team members

Nice to have

• Experience in taking on challenges and acting decisively to innovate existing practices
• Interest in technologies and experience in driving an initiative to simplify tasks through systematization
• Strong communication skills for preparing persuasive documents and providing ideas
• Experience in conducting an excellent negotiation with a high-level representative of a domestic/global company
• Ability to act rapidly and courageously without fear of failure
• Fluency in both English and Korean

About the company

Coupang is a fast-growing e-commerce company and a dominant force in South Korean commerce. It combines a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company.