Requirements
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Relevant tertiary qualification.
- 3-5 years of experience in retail buying, or preferably in a relevant role, such as procurement and inventory management.
- Knowledge of marketing and sales principles.
- Great product knowledge.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking skills and ethical principles and integrity.
- Knowledge of retail and consumer trends and behavior.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
Achieve budgeted margin per category:
- Negotiations with suppliers.
- Monitor and take corrective action on discounts, price overrides given by branches and on products selling below average cost prices.
- Products and range management.
- Manage and control of monthly, yearly rebates.
- Promote products of vendors that has rebate contracts in place to ensure sales and profit margin growth.
Achieve budgeted net profit of Hinterland.
- Promotional planning and execution:
- Identifying, negotiating, and implementing the promotion process.
- Assist with Expo days and in-store promotions.
- Retail buying
- Procurement
- Inventory Management
- Advanced Excel
- Marketing and sales
- Retail and customer trends
