Buying Manager

- Responsible for bringing new vendors to supply FMCG products.

- Responsible for managing the existing vendors and supply for all stores.

- Negotiating with vendors and getting the industry margins per category.

- TOT With Vendors as per the Policy created.

- Running promotions based on the respective company support

- Running internal promotions to increase the sales.

- Manage Planogram and Branding for the stores

- Manage Return Policy with the different vendors and adhere to the process set and monitor

- Manage Expiry and near to Expiry stocks.

- Manage stocks ageing and liquidation plans.

- Manage to control negative margins and positive margins

- Monitoring process on Company/Category wise margin calculation

- Manage team of buyers who will be ordering centrally for a chain of stores

- Oversee interaction with the Stores to come up with the Purchase Orders for that Store for various companies

- Interacting with an on boarding various Companies to cover and then increase the range of SKUs carried in a super market (FMCG, Commodities, Fancy etc)

- Ensure relationship with New and Existing Vendors (Companies as well as Distributors) to ensure unhindered supply to the Stores

Negotiating with Vendors to get :

- Better payment schedules

- Better back margins for the Company

- Better TOT to get advantage over other Super Markets

- Running Promotions at the Stores based on Company support

- Launching of new products

- Ensuring existing GT margins are being passed on to the Stores and getting back end margin for Company because of buying in bigger quantity

Person Specification :

Big Positive if you have experience in :

- Worked with setting up buying process for a chains of branded Stores

- Taken part in ordering Centrally and having it delivered at various chain of stores

- Interacted with and have good knowledge of Modern Trade

- Interacted with and having good relationships with Manufacturing Company counterparts (City Head, State Head etc).

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