Expansion Research Specialist (Category Manager)

Our Company

We’re on a mission to re-invent the fundamentals of e-commerce. As a reseller, with more than 10 years of experience in the beauty industry, we’re expanding into new categories and market places, aiming to make it possible to buy and sell anything, anywhere.  

If you’re ready for the ride of your life, we’re in hypergrowth, growing more than 200%, 3 years in a row.

We’re a fully remote team (except for our warehouse in Barcelona), with 65+ team members from more than 20 countries. Our core values are Efficiency, Initiative, Teamwork, Lifelong Learning and Best Life Architect. 

In fact, part of our purpose is to enable our people to live their best lives: our dream is to foster an environment where you can thrive in all aspects of your life. We encourage you to pursue your passions, nurture your relationships, and prioritise your well-being.

Get to know our team and culture here: https://www.ultimatebeautycompany.com/

Your Role: Expansion Research Specialist

The Expansion Research Specialist is accountable for helping us to understand new product categories from identification of the category to launching, and everything in between. Exploring uncharted territory for Ultimate Beauty, they take initiative to deeply research new opportunities and work collaboratively with our teams to adapt processes to new categories, coordinate seamless launches, ensure compliance and enable supply chain, among others. 

Your Role's Impact:

The Expansion Research Specialist creatively, yet methodically, introduces and launches new opportunities, backed by research, data and innovation. 

Accountabilities:

• Conduct thorough research into potential new categories and products, including identification, evaluation of alignment to company objectives, feasibility and launch strategies, among others
• Develop and execute comprehensive launch strategies for new product categories on the Amazon platform, collaborating and coordinating with cross-functional teams
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the success of launches and iterate on strategies and processes for continuous improvement
• Create, document and improve processes, ensuring clarity through SOPs, consistent updates and communication 
• Evaluate the feasibility of expansion opportunities through analysis of market data and understanding profitability and potential risks
• Translate research findings into detailed but accessible reports that show clear recommendations 

Requirements

Your Skills & Attributes 

Required for your role: 

• Experience in market research and analysis, preferably in an expansion-focused role
• Experience launching new products and categories and, e-commerce are big advantages 
• Data-centric with a strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to synthesise and communicate complex information
• Self-motivated & willing to take initiative with strong self-management and organisational skills
• Creative mindset and advanced problem-solving skills, ability to quickly research, analyse and find a solution to any issue
• A love of optimisation and constant process improvement
• Experience with Google Sheets or Excel is a must while market research tools and methodologies is an advantage

Required for the whole company: 

We are led by our five values: 

• Efficiency: We achieve results by being efficient with our time and resources. We’re resourceful. We are output-driven and data-based decision makers who constantly strive to optimise processes and tools. 
• Initiative: We assess, initiate and execute things independently in order to achieve the common goal and improve our work. We are self-sufficient, impact-driven and proactive, taking ownership of our work and motivated to make a positive impact on our team, customers and the company. 
• Teamwork: We're better together, collaborating with empathy, respect and positivity. We communicate in a friendly, positive and clear way, collaborate and we’re open-minded. We consider new ideas with an unbiased attitude and are able to reevaluate our perspective and behaviours. 
• Lifelong Learner: We take responsibility for our personal and professional development. We have curious mindsets, actively seek to grow in our professional and personal lives and, we engage in reflective practices, taking time to reflect on our experiences and learnings. 

Best-life Architect: We take proactive steps toward improving our lives and habits. We are self-aware and communicate our preferences, unique abilities and core needs while taking action towards living our best lives. We are aware of others’ values and needs and support each other.

Benefits

In line with our values, we offer the following benefits:

• Salary Range: $1700 - $2000 gross per month
• Remote Work: Work from anywhere you want, with flexible working hours
• Competitive Salary: Bi-annual salary reviews to promote growth
• Paid Time Off: 36 days including bank holidays in your home location
• Medical Insurance: Medical insurance budget to promote health and safety
• Learning and Development: Growth plans, courses and learning opportunities to promote life-long learning
• Team Retreats: At least once a year we get together to connect at exciting locations (E.g. Serbia, Morocco)