Business Development Associate – Temu
About the role
Temu is hiring a Business Development Associate to grow and manage relationships with merchandise partners, manufacturers and brands. In this role, category strategy comes first: the associate will help select and shape categories to increase overall platform value, always aligning decisions with both business goals and customer needs. Beyond deal-making, the role also involves hands-on guidance — helping partners plan their market positioning, product strategy and brand marketing from the ground up.
Temu is a fast-growing global e-commerce platform connecting shoppers with merchants, manufacturers and brands across a wide range of categories. Because the platform scales quickly across new markets and product lines, its business development team plays a central role in shaping which partners join the platform and how they grow once they’re on it. This particular position sits close to both the commercial and operational sides of the business. As a result, the associate will need to move comfortably between partner-facing conversations and data-driven category analysis — a hybrid skill set that blends relationship management with analytical rigour.
Responsibilities
- Partnership Development & Category Strategy: Develop partnerships with merchandise partners, manufacturers and brands; Focus on category selection to increase overall platform value, aligned with business and customer needs.
- Merchant Growth & Strategic Guidance: Assist merchandise partners in establishing themselves on the platform and scaling their growth; Guide partners in building comprehensive plans covering market positioning, product planning, brand marketing and operational strategy; Propose innovative ideas based on the current state of each category; Create and implement projects