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Come join Home India Supply Chain Partner as a Product Designer.
Bzaar Overview
Founded in 2020, Bzaar is a venture-backed, B2B cross-border party supplier, revolutionizing the way U.S. retailers connect with export-ready manufacturers in India. Bzaar provides access to Indian suppliers (skilled designers, competitive prices, reliable shipping) to meet the party supply demand of various events, gatherings, and occasions. Retailers can choose made-to-order goods from a catalog of products or choose to customize and private label products. In either case, Bzaar manages sampling to packaging, quality control to logistics.
In 2021, Bazaar completed $4 million in seed funding, led by Canaan Partners, and including angel investors Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, PhonePe founders Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari, Addition founder Lee Fixel and Helion Ventures co-founder Ashish Gupta.
Why Bzaar?
- The Founders are incredibly knowledgeable on ecommerce strategy, well-connected to the supplier ecosystem in India, and know the value that can be created by enabling retailers to digitally source products across borders
- U.S. imports from India were $91.23 billion in 2024, up 70% from import $ from India in 2020
- The global party supplies market size was valued at $15.80 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $33.04 Billion by 2033
- North America is the most significant global party supplies market and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.80% between
- 55% of the company's current revenue is from repeat buyers and on-time delivery is over 90%
As part of our growth ambitions, Bzaar will be establishing a U.S. office in the Northeast and will be hiring multiple U.S.-based business development, product development, and designer positions. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and be part of a community that is shaping the future of cross-border ecommerce with India suppliers.
Product Designer Position Overview
This role is responsible for conducting market research for new product designs, developing and designing new party products, management of existing party products, and collaborating with cross-functional internal and external stakeholders on execution across cost, procurement, manufacturing, quality control, and shipping. This role will partner with the Senior Management Team on go-to-market strategy in the U.S and lead the product development timeline from concept to delivery. This is an end-to-end role encompassing product strategy, customer segmentation, pricing, and trends/designs.
Responsibilities
- Conduct market research and help set product strategy
- Perform product competitive benchmarking and define design strategy
- Develop product design concepts from client requirements
- Confirm product design specifications with clients
- Prepare design specifications and prototypes, including design for manufacturability and cost
- Budget for product designs with clients
- Set schedules for project completion with clients and manage suppliers to meet delivery targets
- Manage product budgets and schedules
Requirements
- 7+ years of CPG product development or product design experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of the party supply industry, including item construction, specifications, and creative ideation.
- B2B ecommerce/retail experience, preferably with cross-border suppliers
- Experience leading the end-to-end process of new product introductions
- Experience designing party supplies and small accessories is strongly preferred
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, early-stage company with minimal resources
- Strong data management and project management skills
- Ability to use data analytics to guide decisions and judgment
- Confidence in communication, public speaking, and presenting
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:
Bzaar is committed to diversity and the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, family or parental status, military status, marital status, mental or physical disabilities, or any other status protected by law.