Tea Forté is a high-growth, fast-paced, innovative lifestyle, and prestige company that has established its name in the exclusive arena of international luxury tea brands by defining the contemporary ceremony of tea. Tea Forté offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefit package and an opportunity to be an integral part of a fast-growing, dynamic and creative team. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are hiring rapidly in all departments, and our most current job openings are listed below. If Tea Forté sounds like a good match for your career goals, please submit your resume AND cover letter to careers@teaforte.com. Tea Forté is located in West Concord, MA.
Supply Chain Specialist
Tea Forté has created a new position for a Supply Chain Specialist to support our continued growth.
Job Description:
• Work in conjunction with Planning and Logistics functions to ensure smooth supply chain execution, inventory data integrity and landed cost accuracy.
• Release and monitor purchase orders according to the master production schedule with manufacturing partners and suppliers in the US, Europe and Asia.
• Establish and maintain regular communication with international supply partners.
• Prepare import/export documents in accordance with established procedures and guidelines.
• Validate receipt of goods at 3rd party logistics provider and check shipping invoices for accuracy.
• Confirm duty and tariff invoices on imported product.
• Conduct system transactions and maintain ERP inventory accuracy across multiple international locations.
• Participate in monthly, quarterly and annual metric reporting
Qualifications:
• BS/BA and 3-5 years related experience in international purchasing and import.
• Demonstrated Asia sourcing experience and ability to communicate with China based suppliers.
• Strong computer proficiency (MS Office) and ERP skills.
• Excellent problem solving, organizational, and written/verbal communication skills required.
• Works well on cross functional teams.
• APICS certification a plus.
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Senior Web Designer
Tea Forté is looking for a senior web designer to help drive the creative direction of teaforte.com. The ideal candidate must be very creative, flexible, motivated, detail oriented, and passionate about our brand and goals.
Key responsibilities:
• Help drive a full site redesign
• Design emails and landing pages on an ongoing basis
• Update web designs for seasonal campaigns
• Work in close partnership with larger product and print design team to ensure brand consistency
Job requirements and skills of a successful candidate include:
• Minimum of 3 Years experience in web design
• Strong layout and typography skills
• A very clean and contemporary design eye
• Ability and flexibility to work within our existing brand identity
• Ability to design for rich media
• Understanding of browser and email compatibility issues
• Firm grasp of HTML and CSS webstandards and practices
• Programming skills are not required, though desirable
• Flash proficiency strongly preferred
• Video proficiency (Final Cut Pro) a major plus
To apply, please send resume, cover letter and work samples, preferably via the URL of your website, to careers@teaforte.com.
NOTE: no applications will be viewed or considered without work samples.
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