Merchandising Officer
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Cairo, EgyptPosted 3 years ago12Applicants for1 open position
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Job Description
- Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, making category level strategy, and achieving Sales and Margin targets assigned to a particular category
- Lead negotiations on annual contract terms with suppliers to maximize benefits including margins, pricing, and volumes, product range, MSL, returns and replenishments, payment terms, etc.
- Work closely with stores to ensure healthy store-level sales and Profit and maintaining healthy inventory at each store.
- Keep up to date with the latest retail and category trends about new and innovative products and ways of displaying products.
- Ensure optimum category inventory levels are maintained keeping in mind store requirements as well as working capital constraints, OTB management.
- Monitor and make recommendations for customer product needs, preferences based on internal survey data and GFK data, and change Product range/ buying patterns within the category.
- Making weekly/ Monthly category-level promotional plans.
- Ensure planograms and assortment are up to date and making a timely clearance plan for Ageing and EOL inventory.
- Ensure effective in-season management of the assigned category/department through regular analysis and action plan based on the performance around the following anchors: sales vs. Stock, stock analysis, stock balancing, margin analysis
Job Requirements
- 3 years + in Category Management in Retail Industry preferably in the Electronics industry.
- Strong Planning and Organizing Skills, Analytical and Problem Solving Skills, Communication Skills, Negotiation & Presentation Skills.
- Males only
