TikTok

Category Manager Graduate (TikTok Shop - Operations, Beauty, Food & Beverage) - 2027 Start (MBA)

TikTok • $72K — $121K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MBA candidate or recent graduate
  • Proactive, resilient, and adaptable to change
  • Strong analytical skills with a good data sense
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Passionate about business and achieving higher goals
  • Experience in e-Commerce or retail management is a plus
  • Familiarity with TikTok's content ecosystem is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Acquire and incubate merchants to drive category growth
  • Develop innovative collaborative models for merchant development
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address business challenges
  • Provide strategic solutions in content, partnerships, and logistics
  • Keep clients informed about TikTok Shop product updates and promotions

Benefits

  • Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days per year
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time, increasing with tenure
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

About the Team The commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a hotly contested space amongst leading Internet companies, and its future growth cannot be underestimated. We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the commerce channel of choice for merchants, creators, and affiliates. You've seen the virality and impact of #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt. Come join the team that is helping scale that phenomenon, and pioneer Content & Creator commerce in the US. We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the leading, on-trend commerce platform of choice for brands, creators, and shoppers. We are an entrepreneurial team, passionate about shaping the future of shopping. The TikTok Shop US operation team aims to deliver high quality products together with a unique customer experience via TikTok. The team is responsible for building the TikTok Ecommerce partnership for the TikTok e-Commerce business in the US. With more than 1 billion loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-Commerce experience to our users. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join us to build an e-Commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure and intuitive for our users together. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to our Company and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Responsibilities: - Acquire and incubate merchants to support category growth. - Discover innovative collaborative models that align with merchants' short-term and long-term development plans, and invest platform resources effectively and efficiently. - Solve key challenges in business growth by strong collaboration with cross-functional teams. - Employ a consultative approach by offering strategic content, creator/affiliate/agency partner, merchandising, and logistical solutions to all clients. - Update clients on TikTok Shop product developments and new promotional opportunities.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s) - Individuals who are completing or have recently completed an MBA - Quick learner, proactive and resilient. Ability to thrive in ambiguity and adjust quickly to change. - Structured thinking, good data sense, very strong analytical skills - Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration, skilled at moving things forward. - Passionate about business and committed to pursuing higher goals. Preferred Qualification(s) - Internship or full-time experience in an e-Commerce marketplace business, or retail category management is a plus - Familiarity with TikTok content ecosystem, shoppable content, and brand-creator partnerships is a plus For TikTok By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://careers.tiktok.com/legal/privacy

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $72200 - $121600 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
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Founded
2012

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