Job Responsibilities:
Purchasing:- Actively trade my buying area weekly and
take decisions on price, range and promotions. To do this I use data on
customers, competitors, sales and margin.
- Creates
buying plans detailing range, price, suppliers and promotional activity.
- Plan
and create customer focused range to optimized sales and margin and achieve
budgets.
- Agree
exit plans for discontinued/delisted lines.
- Ensure
regular checks of outlet. Monitor trends and derive plans to capitalize the
opportunities.
- Working
within a team to increase sales and ensure efficiency.
- Managing
stock levels and making key decisions on stock controls.
- Provide
feedback on the needs for trainings and development of team.
- Identify
new sources of supply and negotiate terms with new suppliers.
- Responding
to customer’s complaints and comments, and, ability to resolve them quickly
and escalate if necessary.
- Negotiate
with existing suppliers to optimized performance and improve terms to reduce
prices for customers.
- Attending
commercial meetings or briefings or training.
- Updating
by sharing information on business performance, new initiatives and other
pertinent issues with colleagues and/or line manager.
- Maintaining
awareness of market trends in the retail industry, understanding forthcoming
customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing.
- Create
and execute promotions to deliver the trade plan.
- Contributes
to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Financial
Accountability:
- Analyzing
sales figures and forecast future sales to maximize sales and margin across
my buying area.
- Use
Information Technology to record sales figures, for data analyzing and
forward planning.
- Achieves
financial objectives, expenditures, by initiating corrective actions.
- Contributes
to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Negotiate
logistics income on behalf of supply chain to improve profit for
re-investment.
- Help
to deliver the expenses budget and feedback to my line manager ways to reduce
costs.
Customer:
- Use
customer and competitor survey into my trading plan and trading activity.
- Visit
stores to listen to feedback on how I can simplify things for stores and
improve my buying area offer for customers.
- Improve
my ranges for customers.
People:
- Review
my team’s progress against objectives. At least 2 review a year.
- Have
a Development Plan for my technical needs.
- Supportive
of and willing to assist my line manager.
- Regularly
plan and review work with my line manager.