Merchandizing Head (Nigeria)

Raya Trade; a subsidiary of Raya Holding for Financial Investments is looking to hire a Merchandizing Head (Nigeria) with the below responsibilities and qualifications.

• Responsible for negotiating with all vendors and suppliers to get the best agreements for Raya products in terms of price, availability, profitability
• Develop and Implement Merchandising annual plan and set product mix Strategy to guarantee highest GP for Raya
• Works with merchandising team strengthen market and vendor relationships.
• Guides team to increased knowledge of market trends, strengths and weaknesses in the industry and within competitive sets.
• Ensure good supply chain, product sourcing, product management and vendor management and quality management to manage risk relating to quality, cost, delivery and supply of purchases
• Work heavily with Business units head to develop and execute alternative merchandising strategies aiming to support and  achieve the company revenue plan
• Work with team to ensures the right products are provided and allocated on Raya Platform
• Manage team to forecast weekly plan for the products demand per channel
• Carries responsibility for the efficient management of monthly stock turnover
• Work with the Marketing team to set marketing calendars and communicated to suppliers to get the needed support