Category Buying - General Merchandising

Key Responsibilities:

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 , Team Management, Conduct Competition benchmarking and market visits.
Data analysis, planning and forecasting, Sales growth, product enhancement, product lifecycle management
He / she will be responsible for managing a team of officers / promoters and must be an excellent Team Manager. Will need to prepare and present reports. Will be required to travel.

Requisites:
Must be a Graduate /Post Graduate/MBA with minimum 10 Years experience in FMCG (Sales GT background) / General Merchandising Product base industry (sales background )with good understanding of Category.
Communication, negotiation, planning, delegation, co-ordination, follow up and team Handling skills. Must be able to hand hold and groom the team members under him / her.
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