- Responsible for sourcing, screening, selecting, and managing of assortment to achieve sales and margin targets.
- Conducts market analysis to identify specific market niches of his/her department.
- Coach and consult potential Assistant Merchandise Managers (Assistant Buyers) by developing their skills, organizational commitment, and involvement
- Conducts stores visit and build a constructive relationship with operation Sore General Manager and Staff
- Provide article and supplier data to Assistant Merchandise Managers (Assistant Buyers) for encoding in the computerized system
- Maintains competitive promotional as well as regular prices
- Ensures that product quality meets Company and government-legislated standards and customers expectations.
- Provides all necessary information and documents (i.e. article, supplier, ordering, promotions) to the stores.
- Makes regular store visits to detect operational problems and follows-up on article quality and presentation
- Conducts oneself as an ambassador of the company at all the times
- Gives all the necessary information to, and supervises over the Assistant Merchandise Managers (Assistant Buyers), if there is one, to enable his/her to execute their duties
- Develops new products based on the market needs, sales, and margin contribution.
- Plans for and conducts regular Business Review with suppliers and negotiate the best deals for the company.
- Meet regularly suppliers with a pre-defined agenda and a written summary of the session for an open and easy follow up of the situation by a supervisor or an eventual newcomer
- Commits and follows up all agreements made between him/her and the suppliers (i.e. invoice control arrangements, price differences), all of which are subject to a written contract or confirmation
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree required or related work experience.
2.5 years minimum with experience in the food and non-food product development and purchasing, preferably with brand management skills
- Strong background in merchandising and supplier relationships.
- Decisive, Innovative, Forward-Thinking, Achieving the Ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Must have strong analytical skills
Benefits
- Private Health Insurance
- Training & Development
- Performance Bonus
