Buying Manager

Purpose of the job
To manage a range of related purchasing departments in a division, ensuring optimised profitability by providing a range of commodities that is the most wanted to the Pep consumer market and through the application of appropriate margins and price points

Key Responsibilities

• Operational result management
• Customer management by managing the accurate identification of customers needs
• Leading the Buying team
• Business Unit Management
• Managed Relationships

Liaise with stakeholders / role players outside own division in order to ensure alignment and to address and improve strategic and escalated operational issues

• Supplier management, sourcing suppliers and products
• Ad hoc responsibilities

Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Tertiary qualification, preferably purchasing / business management, consumer market and/or marketing management
• 5 - 8 years Buyer experience and in various departments (at least 3)
• Must have managed a team
• Must have managed own budget
• Technical Understanding (including garment construction)of Intimate wear
• Fabric knowledge
• Coordination of underwear and sleepwear
• Understanding of the South African market (Shape, colour and end use)
• Financial management skills
• PC literacy
• Presentation skills
• Negotiation skills
• Meeting facilitation skills
• In-depth understanding of the buying process
• Understanding of the planning process; store operational process; supply chain processes; market understanding; marketing understanding; and product knowledge
• Code 8 Drivers Licence
• Willingness to travel

Competencies: Performing under pressure, Structuring, Commercial drive, Stress resistance, Willingness to Change, Motivating, Providing Feedback, Helicopter view, Innovating