Category-General Merchandising

3 years

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FUNCTION NAME
Category- General Merchandising

Role
Category Buying - For General Merchandising Department (Home Textile -Bed& Bath,Footwear, Corckery,Electrical , Steel/Utensils, Home Appliances , Plastics ,Stationery)

Job Description
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
Conduct Competition benchmarking and market visits. Data analysis, planning and forecasting, Sales growth, product enhancement, product lifecycle management
Will need to prepare and present reports. Will be required to travel.

Who can apply
Ideal candidate would be someone from Retail, FMCG(Sales background) industry or Product Base company with good understanding of Category.

Skills needed
Communication, negotiation, planning, delegation, co-ordination, follow up and team Handling skills. 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

Experience
Minimum 3+ Years - 10 Years

Locations
Mumbai (Thane -Head Office)

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