Duties and Responsibilities:
• Supporting the CM in implementing the Department Strategy and Category plans, selecting brands and items, and setting the prices.
• Supporting the CM in monitoring the economic performance of the assigned departments/categories across store formats - sales, gross margin, Profit & Loss - and consistency with the Company's commercial strategy.
• Supporting the CM in implementing Corporate policies, procedures, and standards and recommending refinements taking into consideration Country needs for approval by the Division Manager and the Corporate Team.
• Supporting the Category Manager in defining/maintaining the local assortment.
• Assisting in pricing the items based on pricing guidelines and recommended prices for PL / imported items.
• Assisting in identifying local promo products and pricing each item and submitting forecasting/relevant reordering information to replenishment.
• Providing the Corporate team with information regarding products needed - characteristics, positioning, etc., and quantities for international and regional contracts.
• Coordinating with other functions, Operations, Logistics, and E&M as well as other areas in merchandise - Private label, Promo, Display, etc.
• Providing support in the selection of local suppliers, negotiating & purchasing in line with expected needs guided by corporate guidelines and standards such as cost price, discounts, rebates, payment term discounts, etc.
• Reviewing and attending to/resolving any issues with local suppliers.
Skills and Experience:
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in merchandising preferably with a leading FMCG retailer (Buying or/and Sales experience)
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related field.
• Excellent communication and management skills
• Energetic and motivated personality with great multitasking.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially in MS Excel.
• Must have excellent interpersonal and networking skills. An ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and colleagues.
We, at Career Hunters, work closely with our client corporations to provide the best talent in today's competitive marketplace. By placing executives who wish to improve their career direction or seek lucrative opportunities in today's fast pace of life. Our specialization in Job analysis, helps us determing corporate requirements, towards employee characteristics which include, mental,physical and educational capabilities. In short, we surpass corporate requirements, in providing complete HR consultancy from Employee selection to Implementation and fallback. Being based in Kuwait, gives us the immediate knowledge of the region, the labour laws & ultimately the cultural background. Thus giving us the upper hand in providing proper and satisfactory results.
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