Category Buying - General Merchandising

Key Responsibilities:

• The role holder will be responsible for Vendor Sourcing and Management i.e. sourcing new vendors, onboarding the new vendors, scheduling, Buying / ordering, ensuring on time payments, Debits to vendors as per process, Product Development (GM), etc. Simultaneously, he / she will need to manage working relationships with existing vendors.
• The role holder will be responsible for managing the assigned Category and for related product / merchandise selection. The responsibilities will include the following:
• Identifying products, offers and negotiating the best rates
• Analysis of consumption patterns across various geographies
• Ensuring profitable growth for the categories
• Inventory Control , Team Management, Conduct Competition benchmarking and market visits.
• Data analysis, planning and forecasting, Sales growth, product enhancement, product lifecycle management
• He / she will be responsible for managing a team of officers / promoters and must be an excellent Team Manager. Will need to prepare and present reports. Will be required to travel.

Requisites:

• Must be a Graduate /Post Graduate/MBA with minimum 10 Years experience in FMCG (Sales GT background) / General Merchandising Product base industry (sales background )with good understanding of Category.
• Communication, negotiation, planning, delegation, co-ordination, follow up and team Handling skills. Must be able to hand hold and groom the team members under him / her.
• He / She will be required to maintain good working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, hence good interpersonal skills are needed.
• Must be good with related processes and proficiency in excel is a must