Radio Shack Work Values

Daily Duties at Radio Shack:

Own and Develop a $285MM Private Brand Assortment : Trend analysis and forecasting, Shop research market and retail competition, Color palette building by season, Development product roadmap, Travel domestic/internationally, Build a A,B, C matrix with business plans, Maintain vendor matrix (evaluate seasonally) research and find new vendors based on core competency and expertise, Shop retail trend market and brands (international), Meet with vendors, Review strategic plans with vendors, Negotiate/finalize costing, Sample review, Vendor compliance, Finalize/proof artwork on packaging, Review pre-production of product developed, Approve and finalize product, Approve final vendor producing item by product type, Approved tooled or off-tooled sample, Monitor production, Approve copy for website items, QC release/final inspection, Monitor transit of goods. Present to franchise and international stores private label developed product and follow up on all orders. Maintain FOB orders across all cross function teams, Maintain budget (travel, samples and packaging), Partner with cross function teams Merchandising (managing of orders and conceptional plans) Marketing (recommendation on store plan-o-grams and marketing items) Franchise (recommendation on key private brand styles to place orders) e-commerce (recommendation on key private brand styles to place orders) Lead/Direct design and product teams: product pack development, conceptional plan review, Lead/Direct engineering/technical design team on product details, Review pre-pro samples with team and final working product. Discuss regulatory/testing of product challenges and actions Lead/Direct packaging team, review package development design, approve and finalize art and design of packaging with team Lead/Direct product development team, review and finalize developed samples, finalize cost, timing and action calendar progress, review product roadmap direction with conceptional plans. Preview product before all milestone meetings. Identify web and media samples and approve. review copy for website copy, track and review status of orders.

What they like about Radio Shack:

Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.

Tags

Leader, Sourcing, Product Development, Strategic Planning, Merchandising, Marketing, Vendor Relationships, Dallas, TX, Product Development and Sourcing

Skills

Sourcing, Product Development, Merchandising, Vendor Matrix, Strategic Planning, Brand Development/Launch, Leadership - cross function teams

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Radio Shack: