About Kojo
It's time to build. Whether it's creating more housing, upgrading our infrastructure, or adapting to climate change, one thing is clear: the construction industry is at the center of solving our biggest problems. We’re making buildings cheaper and easier to build by transforming the way commercial construction companies buy their materials. Join us.
Founded in 2018, Kojo is now one of the fastest-growing construction technology companies in the world. Construction accounts for $10 trillion in global spend annually and we can’t live without its output - our roads, schools, hospitals, and offices. Despite this, there’s been very little innovation over the past 70 years in how materials - which constitute up to 40% of project costs - are bought and sold. This is our opportunity.
We’re seeking an Electrical Merchandising Associate to help keep our product catalog accurate, organized, and easy to use. This is a 6-month contract role (open to anywhere from ~20~40 hours per week), with potential to scale to full-time permanent employment.
About the Role
As Kojo’s Electrical Merchandising Associate, you’ll play an important role in maintaining and improving our electrical product catalog. You’ll review product data, update descriptions, and make sure information is structured in a way that supports search, sourcing, and ordering.
A general understanding of electrical products and industry workflows is key, as success in this role hinges on proper customer understanding. Experience in a distribution, supply, or contractor-facing environment will give you the context to identify common products, categories, and catalog processes. This is a hands-on, detail-oriented role where accuracy and consistency are key.
This role will include:
Review and update product information to ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
Work through catalog queues (missing info, duplicates, miscategorized items).
Assist with organizing catalog categories so items are intuitive and easy to search.
Maintain links between related and substitute items to support purchasing workflows.
Collaborate with Product and Merchandising teams by providing clean, reliable data.
What you’ve accomplished:
1–2 years of experience in a distributor, supplier, or contractor-facing environment (e.g., receptionist, inside sales support, purchasing admin, or catalog/data entry).
Familiarity with electrical products or distribution workflows. Exposure to common electrical distribution products (e.g., conduit, fittings, wiring, breakers, panels, lighting) is a must.
Comfort using Excel or Google Sheets (sorting, filtering, copy/paste; bonus if you’ve used simple formulas like VLOOKUP or pivot tables).
Strong attention to detail and ability to stay focused while working with large sets of data.
Reliability and consistency in meeting weekly accuracy and throughput goals.
Openness to feedback and a willingness to learn new tools and processes.
(Nice to have, but not required)
Prior experience working with product catalogs, PIM, ERP, or procurement systems.
Exposure to e-commerce item setup or maintenance.
Experience in an electrical supply house, distributor, or contractor-facing role (inside sales, counter sales, purchasing, or customer service).
Awareness of product identifiers (e.g., manufacturer part numbers, trade sizes, SKU conventions).
What you care about:
Innovation: You seek to understand the truth behind problems and find solutions to them and you are determined to transform this industry
Impact: You prioritize rigorously and accomplish amazing amounts of important work
Customer Obsession: You care deeply about our customers and you go the extra mile to delight them
Accountability: You are motivated by having the space to make your best judgments about what should be done and how to do it
Working at Kojo
Salary: Your salary will be dependent upon many factors, including your experience level, skillset, market dynamics and balancing internal equity relative to other Kojo employees. The compensation and benefits information that we provide is based on Kojo’s good-faith estimate as of the date of the job posting and may be modified in the future.
Benefits: This position is also eligible for a new hire equity grant and all US-based full time employees are eligible for our full suite of perks and benefits. For more information about our perks and benefits, check out https://www.usekojo.com/careers.
Location: Kojo’s team members work from home 100% of the time across North and South America. If applicable, we’ll identify the travel and/or location-specific requirements of a position in the text above. Otherwise, team members can expect to work business hours congruent with their local time zone and remotely.
Inclusive Workplace: Kojo values diverse perspectives and is committed to building an inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.
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