COME ONBOARD!
At OpenShelf.com we are serious about our success. Being the leading Business-to-Business company for the $250 Billion Hardware/Home Improvement Products industry is no easy task.
Our success depends upon superior talent, our leading edge technology and partners. This is why OpenShelf.com is backed by great venture capital groups, has a solid management and advisory group and why our silicon valley shop Pre-IPO company is the hottest place to work. We are bursting with challenging and newly created opportunities.
If success and having fun while achieving greatness is just as important to you as early stage pre-IPO stock options and competitive compensation, investigate our list of opportunities below and either e-mail us your jobs@openshelf.com or fax to: 415-495-8280!
OpenShelf.com currently has job openings in the following departments:
| Business Development | Marketing | Operations | Sales | Technology |
VP RETAIL RELATIONS / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
We are looking for individuals with energy, vision and a sense of fun who can be a key member of the management team for OpenShelf.com's new and exciting business solution in the retail purchasing space. If you have retail purchasing experience and can establish and manage business development relationships with our key target retail partners, contact OpenShelf.com ASAP!
The successful candidate will:
- Oversee the acquisition of new key customer accounts and strategic partners resulting in significant revenue and market penetration for OpenShelf.com and your team
- Hire and manage your team of retail relations / business development managers
- Be able to come forward with new business opportunities, own them and make them a reality
- Proven track record and experience in establishing alliances and partnerships
- 5-7 years experience within the purchasing departments of retail organizations and hardline industry a major plus
- Excellent communication skills: verbal (presentations), business writing and team-related business development experience
- International exposure/experience a plus
OpenShelf.com is a Pre-IPO company based in San Francisco and offers an attractive equity package. When you join OpenShelf.com, your health care coverage, medical and dental, and 401(k) begin on your very first day of employment. We provide many additional benefits and a competitive plan that only a leader in it's field could provide. A leadership position that you will help us achieve. OpenShelf.com is an equal opportunity employer, we value the diversity of our work force. If you would like the opportunity to be involved in a rapidly growing, fast paced, pioneering, fun organization with a strong compensation and equity package, please contact us.
VP MARKETING
We are looking for individuals with energy, vision and a sense of fun who can be a key member of the team and can spearhead a new and exciting internet business solution in the consumer products industry. The VP Marketing will be responsible for the management of the marketing and public relations effort of OpenShelf.com throughout the US. In addition, the VP Marketing will work closely with the Business Development and Sales team to ensure OpenShelf.com gets the right message out to our growing customer base. The VP Marketing must be a self-starter and be able to work independently. Proactive and entrepreneurial, the VP Marketing will be responsible for building and managing a marketing team within OpenShelf.com.
Key Tasks:
- Establish, roll out and build the OpenShelf.com corporate image and brand to customers, our space and the technology market.
- Establish and manage the public relations relationship between OpenShelf.com and our PR company.
- Develop a strategic marketing plan which covers all mediums.
- Recruit and mentor junior staff and assist in the development of their technical and business skills.
- Be a key player in the business development group to build and leverage the OpenShelf.com brand to establish profitable partnerships and alliances.
- Be responsible for the significant OpenShelf.com marketing P&L.
- Minimum 7 years marketing experience in a known and respected brand building company
- Track record of effectively working with public relations companies to deliver results preferred.
- Understanding of web based technology a plus.
- Experience of P&L responsibility required.
- Excellent communication skills: verbal (presentations), business writing and team-related experience.
- Experience with retail organizations or hardline industry a major plus
- Prior start-up (small company experience) preferred.
- MBA or similar experience preferred.
DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
We are looking for individuals with energy, vision and a sense of fun who can be a key member of the team and can spearhead a new and exciting business solution in the consumer products industry. We are currently seeking a talented individual to establish and manage business development relationships with our key target retail partners in the CPG space. You will identify, evaluate, and negotiate with strategic partners; challenge and refine the business model in our relationships with partners. You will develop proposals and make presentations to potential partners, customers and alliances.
If you are driven to succeed both personally and professionally and have the following qualifications, we would like to hear from you.
- Proven track record and experience in establishing alliances and partnerships
- Minimum 3-5 years experience in business development, information technology/communications experience a plus.
- MBA or advanced degree preferred (business, management, economics, finance)
- Ability to successfully work with cross-functional teams
- Good project management skills.
- Experience with retail organizations or hardline industry a major plus.
DIRECTOR SALES
We are looking for individuals with energy, vision and a sense of fun who can be a key member of the sales team for a new and exciting business solution in the consumer products industry. Key requirements are superlative verbal & presentation skills; a thorough knowledge of the CPG industry and excellent technology skills. You will be responsible for the full sales cycle primarily with the manufacturing community. You will manage named and new accounts including running the entire sales process from prospecting, identifying and qualifying opportunities to contract negotiation, agreement and post sales support. You will work with business development to identify and qualify appropriate target customers.
Must be a self-starter and be able to work independently. This position will be based in San Francisco, CA and is the ideal opportunity for an aggressive Sales Director that wants to take a product from infancy to a multi-million dollar business. We are seeking candidates with a BS and a demonstrated track record in selling products, services or information to front line users, Directors and Executives. MBA a plus.
OpenShelf.com is a Pre-IPO company based in San Francisco and offers an attractive equity package. When you join OpenShelf.com, your health care coverage, medical and dental, and 401(k) begin on your very first day of employment. We provide many additional benefits and a competitive plan that only a leader in it's field could provide. A leadership position that you will help us achieve. OpenShelf.com is an equal opportunity employer, we value the diversity of our work force. If you would like the opportunity to be involved in a rapidly growing, fast paced, pioneering, fun organization with a strong compensation and equity package, please contact us.
SALES ASSOCIATE
This is an inside sales position reporting to the Inside Sales Team Leader. We are looking for highly talented sales people with exceptional communication skills who are capable of doing whatever it takes to help the Vendor Sales Team meet and exceed it's goals and objectives.
Responsibilities:
- minimum 2 years prospecting experience including on-line marketing, telemarketing and direct mail
- proven organizational skills with demonstrated ability to plan & create sales meetings for the field sales team
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- experience with on-line lead management or sales force automation systems
VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING
We are looking for an individual with energy, vision and a sense of fun who can lead the design and development of a revolutionary web-based business-to-business eCommerce solution. This role includes overall responsibility for application development and release management.
If you are driven to succeed both personally and professionally and have the following qualifications, we would like to meet you.
- Project and release management of development in excess of 10 full-time developers,
- Practical technical background including web-based architectures including OO design and development technologies, RDMBS,
- Experience in the practical application of software engineering methodologies,
- Strong leadership, communication and recruiting skills.
DATA ARCHITECTURE LEAD
We are looking for individuals with energy, vision and a sense of fun who can design and develop a revolutionary web-based business-to-business eCommerce solution. As the Data Architect, you will work with a broad array of the latest web-based technologies and have overall responsibility for the design, development and integration of a high-performance web-based RDBMS.
If you are driven to succeed both personally and professionally and have the following qualifications, we would like to meet you.
- Leadership roles in software development projects including supervisory responsibility for small development teams
- Practical technical background including web-based architectures with including 3+ years of RDMBS design and development and OO database design
- Experience in the practical application of software engineering methodologies
- Strong leadership, communication and recruiting skills.
DATABASE DEVELOPER
We are looking for an individual with energy, vision and a sense of fun to be a key member of our team. This is an opportunity to work with a broad array of the latest web-based technologies with an emphasis on the design and development of a high performance RDBMS.
If you are driven to succeed both personally and professionally and have the following qualifications, we would like to meet you.
- Practical, hands on experience with RDBMS technologies including work in a multi-platform development environment,
- Experience with software engineering and testing methodologies,
- Strong leadership, communication and recruiting skills.
WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT LEAD
We are looking for an individual with energy, vision and a sense of fun to be a key member of our team. This is an opportunity to work with a broad array of high-performance web-based technologies with an emphasis on the overall web application architecture and server level business object design and development.
If you are driven to succeed both personally and professionally and have the following qualifications, we would like to meet you.
- Practical experience with high-end web application architectures (e.g. WebLogix, NetDynamics),
- Practical experience with prevalent web-based server object development tools (e.g. Java, EJB, C++),
- Experience in the practical application of software engineering methodologies,
- Strong leadership, communication and recruiting skills.
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