Job Responsibilities:
Purchasing
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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.
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Create buying plans detailing range, price,
suppliers and promotional activity.
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Plan and create customer focused range to
optimized sales and margin and achieve budgets.
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Agree exit plans for discontinued/delisted
lines.
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Ensure regular checks of outlet. Monitor trends
and derive plans to capitalize the opportunities.
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Managing and motivating a team to increase sales
and ensure efficiency.
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Managing stock levels and making key decisions
on stock controls.
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Dealing with staffing related issues such as
interviewing potential staff, conducting appraisals, performance reviews,
performance management, absenteeism, theft etc.
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Provide feedback on the needs for trainings and
development of team.
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Identify new sources of supply and negotiate
terms with new suppliers.
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Responding to customer’s complaints and
comments, and, ability to resolve them quickly.
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Negotiate with existing suppliers to optimized
performance and improve terms to reduce prices for customers.
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Attending/chairing commercial meetings or
briefings or training.
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Updating by sharing information on business
performance, new initiatives and other pertinent issues with colleagues and/or
line manager.
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Maintaining awareness of market trends in the
retail industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring
what local competitors are doing.
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Create and execute promotions to deliver the
trade plan.
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Coordinate appropriate departments so that we
have support cross functionally.
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Contributes to team effort by accomplishing
related results as needed.
Financial Accountability
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Analyzing sales figures and forecast future
sales to maximize sales and margin across my trading area.
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Use Information Technology to record sales
figures, for data analyzing and forward planning.
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Achieves financial objectives, expenditures, by
initiating corrective actions.
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Contributes to team effort by accomplishing
related results as needed.
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Negotiate logistics income on behalf of supply
chain to improve profit for re-investment.
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Help to deliver the expenses budget and feedback
to my line manager ways to reduce costs.
Customer
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Use customer and competitor survey into my
trading plan and trading activity.
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Visit stores to listen to feedback on how I can
simplify things for stores and improve my trading area offer for customers.
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Improve my ranges for customers.
People
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Review my team’s progress against objectives. At
least 2 review a year.
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Have a Development Plan for my technical needs.
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Support/Coach my team to improve standards.
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Regularly plan and review work with my team.
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Spot and develop talent ready for moves and
appointments.