Business Development Officer (Rolling Intake)

About Shopee Malaysia

Shopee Malaysia is part of the Shopee platform, which is owned by the Singapore-based tech behemoth Sea Group. As of 2021, Shopee is considered the largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia with 343 million monthly visitors. 

Your role

About the team

The Business Development and Partnerships teams at Shopee are dynamic and energetic. The teams are always looking to acquire business opportunities to drive Shopee to be the No. 1 e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. The Business Development and Partnership teams aim to provide Shopee’s buyers with a wide variety of product listings at the best prices.

Job description

• Monitor merchants' performance by Areas to ensure merchants are on par with Shopee's current product promo/channel or campaigns. To work together closely with merchants' account management.
• Observe and report competitor activities/programs in respective Areas and review their effectiveness/ threat/ opportunities towards Shopee. To propose Quick Win actions to maintain competitiveness within Areas.
• To explore green field areas within Areas for further expansion.
• To achieve sales targets for co-funding & campaigns, leading to the revenue increase.
• Constantly ensure Shopee's presence is visible within Areas managed.
• To identify high-potential accounts, converting them to Shopee merchants.

Training & development

In general, for learning and development purposes, there is Shopee Academy, which takes pride in close partnership with all leaders, teams, and individuals in Shopee to co-create learning solutions that work for them. Shopee aims to become a better version of itself along with all of its employees. The company's comprehensive learning initiatives include General, Functional, and Leadership training to cater to different groups of employees. 

Benefits

Aside from the attractive salary, you will get many benefits such as:

• Learning & development opportunities (general, functional, & leadership)
• Vibrant & collective office environment
• Employee engagement events
• Health insurance
• Maternity & paternity leave
• Work from home
• Sick leave
• Free lunch or snacks

Career progression

Based on Shopee's employees' reviews, the career progression here is good if you perform your best. So, do your best based on the role descriptions, and who knows what reward you will get after that. 

Work-life balance

In general, there is no specific issue related to work-life balance when you work at Shopee Malaysia. The office hours start at 9:30 AM and end at 6:30 PM, from Monday to Friday.

Company culture

Shopee loves its people and works hard to meet their needs. The company also offers a lively work atmosphere to foster a friendly and cooperative workplace culture. From the video above, we can also take a closer look at how fun and dynamic the working environment at Shopee Malaysia is.

About you

To apply for this role at Shopee Malaysia, you should meet the following requirements:

• SPM or Diploma in any field, preferred but not limited to Business, Commerce, Marketing
• Comes with sales experience, preferably in the FMCG and Telco industry
• Knowledgeable and passionate about e-commerce / digital payments
• Effective presentation skills, backed by good business acumen
• Enjoy challenges and remain flexible in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment
• Proactively engage, influence, and collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Innovative problem-solving skills, able to dissect problems and implement solutions accordingly
• Excellent command of English, the ability to converse fluently in other languages (e.g.: Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin) to communicate with merchants from diverse backgrounds
• Open to flexible working arrangements during peak seasons / based on business needs

How to apply

To apply for this position, simply click the button "Apply on employer site" on this page. We will direct you to Shopee Malaysia's official link for this vacancy. Please be sure that you have read all of the requirements mentioned above.

Sources

These sources were used in researching this page:

• careers.shopee.com.my
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/Shopee-Kuala-Lumpur-Reviews-EI_IE1263091.0,6_IL.7,19_IM1100.htm?filter.iso3Language=eng
• glassdoor.com/Benefits/Shopee-Malaysia-Benefits-EI_IE1263091.0,6_IL.7,15_IN170.htm