Career

Who are we?

OTTO International is a professional trading company based in Hong Kong. It manages and coordinates buying activities for customers in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, Canada and the US. It was established in 1967 as the sourcing organization for the Otto Group, the world's largest mail-order catalogue business, based in Hamburg, Germany and with companies in Europe, the US and Asia. The Otto Group generates turnover of 15 billion EUR (2006/07) with a staff of over 53,000 people. As well as retail sales, the Group also has extensive interests in financial services and other services.

OI is headquartered in Hong Kong, from where all sourcing and corporate activities are coordinated. Sales are handled from Germany. The company has 23 offices and 14 agencies around the world.

The way we work

Teamwork and partnership are the bedrock of our working relationships, both with clients and throughout the company. Our services and solutions are shaped by each customer's individual needs and business requirements. We are pleased to put our expertise und resources at customers' service, thereby contributing to success in a mutually rewarding and fair relationship. OI is a network of professionals who continually share their experiences and ideas, so that successful approaches can be adopted by our customers.

How are we organized?

The organization is structured into the following departments:

  1. Buying &Purchasing: negotiates the best conditions for an entire range or a single item, and ensures timely delivery to our customers.
  2. Quality Development, Quality Assurance and Quality Control: QD defines the technical requirements and QA manages and approves samples to the agreed specifications, while QC manages the appropriate inspection of finished goods.
  3. Merchandising: sources suppliers and products and serves as a contact for buyers, to ensure order follow-up and on-time delivery.
  4. Sales: markets our services to our customers and recruits new customers.
  5. Finance and Accounts: ensures effective cost controls, maximizes resources and handles financial reporting in-house, and provides custom financial services such as Vendor Payment Services (VPS) to external customers.
  6. Human Resources: ensures that the right people are in the right place at the right time for optimum business performance.
  7. Information Technology: makes sure that business processes are optimized to improve productivity, through the use of appropriate technology.
  8. Corporate Development: identifies strategic growth potential and handles M&A activities around the world.
  9. Administration: to ensure the efficient operation of the office and its facilities.

What can we do for you?

Well-qualified, highly motivated employees are critical to business success, particularly in a service-oriented business. We constantly engage in activities designed to reinforce the identification of our employees with OI's business objectives and develop the day-to-day business acumen of our employees. To this end we employ systematic screening processes, intensive coaching and continuous learning.

Why OI?

Customers choose us when they want to work in partnership with their supply chain providers, want global access to sourcing markets as well as flawless administration and execution of their procurements needs based on solutions tailored to their business and environment. Recruits choose OI when they like to work in an international and professional supply chain environment with clients in the US, Europe or Asia, working together as a team.

Our business credo

All Otto Group companies adhere to a common vision that calls for environmentally sustainable, socially responsible business practices and does not brook any actions that would disturb the natural balance or impose inhumane working conditions. We believe that economic growth and profit-seeking behavior must not come at the expense of human dignity and/or environmental protection.

Benefits

We offer an attractive remuneration package including a five-day working week, annual leave, medical and accident insurance, training sponsorship as well as excellent development opportunities in a rapidly growing international company.

How to apply

If you are passionate about success and would like to consider a career in OI, please send your application and CV to cv@ottoint.com. Our Human Resources Officer will process your application as soon as possible.

Thank you for the interest you have shown in OI.