Sr. Engineer – Wood Operations

Designation: eCommerce Manager (Exports)

● Location: Bandra West, Mumbai, India

● Position Type: Full-time, Permanent

Company Description

Brown Living (www.brownliving.in) is a platform focused on making Sustainable Living Easy, Accessible, and Affordable. As India's first plastic-free marketplace, we promote a sustainable and earth-friendly lifestyle. Our team curates a wide range of everyday-use products that are

ethically sourced and promote minimal waste. We support artisan groups and sustainable brands dedicated to creating a positive environmental impact. Through our platform, we are building India's largest ecosystem for sustainable living and empowering artisans, women entrepreneurs, and innovators to combat plastic pollution.

Role Description

The eCommerce Manager (Exports) will lead the expansion of Brown Living into international markets by developing and executing strategies for exporting products through various digital platforms. This role will involve setting up international fulfillment centers, managing export pricing strategies, ensuring compliance with international trade regulations, and overseeing marketing and merchandising efforts globally. The ideal candidate will be an experienced eCommerce professional with a

strong understanding of international markets, digital marketing, and brand management.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. International Market Expansion:

a. Develop and execute a strategic plan to expand Brown Living's presence in international markets, focusing on key regions with high potential for sustainable products.

b. Identify and establish partnerships with international fulfillment centers to streamline the export process and ensure timely delivery of products.

c. Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to set up processes that

adhere to international trade regulations, customs requirements, and

other compliance standards.

2. Export Pricing Strategy:

a. Develop and execute comprehensive export pricing strategies for Brown Living's products across various digital platforms, ensuring

competitiveness while maintaining profitability.

b. Monitor global market trends, exchange rates, and competitor pricing to

adjust pricing strategies as needed.

c. Work closely with the finance team to ensure accurate pricing models that consider costs, tariffs, and logistics.

3. Brand Management & Global Messaging:

a. Manage Brown Living's brand image and messaging across all

international markets, ensuring consistency with the company's values

and mission.

b. Tailor brand messaging to resonate with different cultural contexts and

customer preferences in target markets.

c. Oversee the development of localized content, including website copy,

product descriptions, and marketing materials, in collaboration with

internal teams and external agencies.

4. Marketing Campaigns:

a. Plan and execute marketing campaigns tailored to international

audiences, with the support of internal teams and external agencies.

b. Manage campaign budgets, allocate resources effectively, and ensure

alignment with overall business objectives.

c. Track and analyze the performance of marketing campaigns, adjusting

strategies and tactics as needed to optimize results.

5. Market Research:

a. Conduct in-depth market research to understand the needs, preferences, and behaviors of international customers.

b. Use insights from market research to inform product offerings, marketing strategies, and customer engagement initiatives.

c. Identify emerging trends in sustainable consumption and incorporate

them into Brown Living's international strategies.

6. Merchandising Strategy:

a. Execute the merchandising strategy across various marketing channels

outside India, ensuring that product assortments meet the demands of

international customers.

b. Collaborate with the sourcing and product teams to curate product

collections that appeal to global markets.

c. Monitor inventory levels and product performance in international

markets, making data-driven decisions to optimize merchandising

strategies.

7. Collaboration & Coordination:

a. Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including operations, logistics,

legal, and finance, to ensure seamless execution of export strategies.

b. Work closely with external partners, such as fulfillment centers, marketing agencies, and distributors, to drive international growth.

c. Regularly report on the progress of international market expansion efforts to senior management.

Key Result Areas (KRA):

1. Market Expansion:

a. Successfully launch Brown Living's products in at least three new

international markets within the first year.

b. Establish and maintain partnerships with at least two international

fulfillment centers.

2. Export Pricing & Profitability:

a. Develop and implement export pricing strategies that achieve a minimum of 10% margin growth across international markets.

b. Maintain competitive pricing while ensuring profitability by continuously

monitoring market conditions.

3. Brand Image & Global Messaging:

a. Ensure consistent brand messaging across all international platforms with a minimum of 95% compliance with brand guidelines.

b. Achieve positive brand recognition and customer feedback in new

markets within six months of launch.

4. Marketing Campaign Performance:

a. Achieve a minimum ROI of 4:1 on international marketing campaigns.

b. Increase website traffic from international markets by 50% within the first year.

5. Market Research & Customer Insights:

a. Conduct comprehensive market research in at least five target regions

within the first six months.

b. Utilize market insights to influence product and marketing strategies,

resulting in a 20% increase in international sales.

6. Merchandising Success:

a. Implement a merchandising strategy that leads to a 30% increase in

conversion rates on international platforms.

b. Ensure optimal inventory levels, resulting in a stockout rate of less than 5% in international markets.

7. Collaboration & Team Coordination:

a. Facilitate seamless coordination among internal teams and external

partners, achieving project milestones on time and within budget.

b. Provide regular updates to senior management, demonstrating clear

progress on international market expansion goals.

This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with a passion for sustainability and a proven track record in international eCommerce. The successful candidate will play a critical role in establishing Brown Living as a global brand for sustainable living.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates can apply online via the job application form available here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgb8MMrZX0STJb1Nt63jizdYccAxTQWbAmFAt4YcoAJBJlmg/viewform

Read More:

1. Website - https://brownliving.in/

2. About Brown Living’s Mission & Vision - https://brownliving.in/pages/about-us

3. Meet the Brown Living Team - https://brownliving.in/pages/our-team

4. Work with Us - https://brownliving.in/pages/work-with-us

5. The Brown Lens Curation Method - https://brownliving.in/pages/the-brown-lens

6. Brown Living’s Impact - https://brownliving.in/pages/our-impact-plastic-free-carbon-neutral-shopping

What You will do:

● Create beautiful software experiences for our clients using design thinking, lean and agile methodology.

● Work on software products designed from scratch using the latest cutting edge technologies, platforms and languages such as JAVA, python, Javascript, GoLang and Scala.

● Work in a dynamic, collaborative, transparent, non-hierarchical culture.

● Work in collaborative, fast-paced and value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients.

● Help to grow the next generation of developers and have a positive impact on the industry.

Basic Qualifications:

● Experience: 4+ years.

● Hands-on development experience with a broad mix of languages such as JAVA, Python, Javascript etc.

● Server-side development experience mainly in JAVA, (Python and nodeJS can be considerable)

● UI development experience in ReactJS or AngularJS or PolymerJS or EmberJS or Jquery etc. are good to have.

● Passion for software engineering and follow the best coding concepts. ● Good to great problem solving and communication skills.

Nice to have Qualifications:

● Product and customer-centric mindset.

● Great OO skills, including design patterns.

● Experience with devops, continuous integration & deployment.

● Exposure to big data technologies, Machine Learning and NLP will be a plus.

Benefits:

● Competitive salary.

● Work from anywhere.

● Learning and gaining experience rapidly.

● Reimbursement for basic working set up at home.

● Insurance (including a top up insurance for COVID).

Location:

Remote - work from anywhere

Looking to hire a single backend engineer who will become a part of the core team, with the track to become a part of the leadership at our company.

Candidate should have worked in startups, possess strong programming skills in Python, displays a sense of ownership and is highly energetic and eager to learn state-of-the-art tech and ML.

A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience is preferred.

2022 or later year pass outs - please apply only if you have relevant full-time and at least 2 prior internships experience

Representative (not exhaustive) responsibilities:

• Assess the current design and infrastructure of the backend server, and continuously implement enhancements to make the systems more robust, reliable and responsive
• Design, implement, test, and deploy APIs with Python on Linux servers
• Enhance back-end functionality and integrate with the front end to deliver a fully functional product
• Implement and set up automated tests to periodically test backend infrastructure for reliability, security and performance
• Design new data pipelines to enable the production deployment of new models
• Mentor junior employees and interns in the company
• Additionally, interest and ability to contribute to the continuous enhancement of our state-of-the-art NLP model pipeline and Inferencing engine is a big plus
• Be ready to roll up your sleeves and participate in customer calls, understand our ICP well, do research around product features, etc.

Fast Track Your Application

Think about the ICP for ContractKen. Sign up for a trial plan, experience the product and provide feedback on how to improve the current experience of the product to add immediate value to the ICP. We don't need you to fully code any feature in its entirety and are not looking for free work. The idea is to identify folks who get** what we are trying to do with ContractKen and find faster alignment with the right candidate.

Do not apply if

You're looking for your first, real-world model building, ML/AI role. We believe that deploying existing models (open source and proprietary) in production and delivering real business value to our customers is 10x more important than hyperparameter tuning or the latest algorithm implementation. While we'd love to entertain experienced ML data scientists, the emphasis on MLOps is as much as it is on experimentation.

Required Skills:

• Fluency in any one of JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Should have built large scalable enterprise applications from scratch.
• Strong experience in architectural patterns, High-level designs.
• Experience in NoSQL and SQL DBs.
• You have a knack for launching and iterating on products quickly with quality and efficiency
• Willingness to learn and ability to flourish in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment
• Hands-on, self-starter, capable of working independently
• True love for technology and what you do
• Maniacal attention to detail
• 3+ years of experience 

• Support and lead a team of product designers, by applying your expertise in strategic design methods and efficient design processes, across a multi-disciplinary team (UX, UX research, IxD, UI, VD, Graphics, etc) Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps.
• A key contributor to product team working closely with PM and key stakeholders (product, engineering, data science, sales, marketing & PR) to define a long term strategy that delivers on the vision
• Be able to deliver value for end-to-end user experience design with a focus on interaction design and visual design.
• Develop process flows, wireframes, and mockups to effectively conceptualize and communicate design strategies and detailed interaction models
• Be accountable for the system designs within the scope of your team to fulfill both functional and non-functional requirements, that enables building a scalable and reliable product
• Bring predictability & visibility of the team’s delivery to all relevant stakeholders, which includes making complex technological context more accessible to improve the quality of decision making
• Continually research the user experience through interviews/systematic feedback from internal/external customers to dive into root problems and uncover opportunities to improve our product
• Responsible for building & growing the design team - skills development, personal development, mentoring & leadership growth
• Work towards inculcating a Design Thinking culture within the team.

• Experience managing a design project from start to finish
• Ability to communicate effectively to different audiences within the organization
• A keen sense of design - both interaction design and visual design
• Knowledge of wireframe tools (e.g. Sketch and InVision)
• Experience developing UX wireframes, interactive prototypes and mock-ups
• Team spirit, strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Can get hands dirty with all parts of the design process
• Understanding of influencer marketing space is a good to have

• Develop and execute influencer marketing strategies and creative

campaigns

• Identify and build relationships with prominent influencers
• Building an influencer ecosystem for e-commerce/start-ups.
• Research relevant influencers and contact them.
• Build good relationships with influencers.
• Negotiating with influencers
• Monitor influencer activity, analyse their performance, identify areas

of improvement, and recommend

• Research relevant industry experts, competitors.
• Brainstorm new, creative approaches to influencer/ affiliate/

collaboration campaigns.

• Liaising with the marketing team to create and coordinate

marketing strateg