BUYER: PET & BABY
Listing reference: woolw_001053
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 8 February 2025
Position summary
Industry: FMCG & Supply Management
Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Responsible for the execution of the HPPC strategy. Co-ordinates the delivery of the category strategy to deliver sustainable profitable growth and operational excellence.
Job description
- Develop and execute category strategy to ensure delivery of operational excellence.
- Support the co-ordination of the matrix team in order to deliver the category strategy.
- Analyse and interpret market and sales data to develop tactical plans to drive the desired outcome.
- Formulate category plans with suppliers.
- Monitor and interpret industry and international trends (doing both local and international benchmarking)
- Deliver against operational excellence and KPIs for the department.
- Focuses on medium term sustainable market share growth.
- Ensures the delivery of sustainable growth for category level.
- Co-ordinates matrix team to effectively deliver KPIs.
- Facilitate team direction and pace to effectively deliver KPIs.
- Assist team in navigating through obstacles.
- Mentor and support the development of Buyers Assistants
- Share category strategy with stakeholders and get their buy in
- Conducts continuous review of supplier performance against plan and course correct based on variables/changes.
- Monitors and ensures adherence to ethical compliance.
- Manage financial indicators.
- Liaise with marketing, sales management, space planning & trade planning to effectively drive the growth of the category.
- Ability to actively review factors influencing trade i.e., market share, local & international trends, economic climate, competitor activity & changes to customer shopping habits, and translate into strategy.
Minimum requirements
- B Tertiary diploma/degree
- Minimum 3-5 years Buying/Retail experience.
- Pet and Baby experience would be advantageous.
- Commercial skills & experience within the Nonfoods Industry (Household, Pet, Media, and Personal Care)– knowledge of store operations, customer profiles, locations & competitors.
- An understanding of Manufacturing and Production planning within a private label supplier would be advantageous.
- Proven experience in managing a Foods/FMCG department.
- Proven sourcing and supplier management experience.
- Strong negotiation and financial management skills
- Proactive & Innovative with a continuous improvement mindset
- Has an intimate understanding of who the customer is and the ability to view the world through their eyes
- Strong understanding of global & seasonal trends
- Consistently makes logical deductions from given information and uses these to transform the department.
- Is able to consistently convey information clearly and confidently when interacting with teams.
- Consistently drives the creation and development of products, services, and experiences that are convenient and innovative for our customers.
- Consistently anticipates potential obstacles and identifies project risks that may impact the accomplishment of project deadlines and delivery and escalates these risks where appropriate.
- Has knowledge of appropriate retail department systems and related processes across the value chain to manage objectives and enhance their ability to solve problems?
- Manages supplier delivery against the business standards and values and maximises value and reduce risks through identification and resolution of limitations/shortcomings.
