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Purchase Manager - General Merchandise
Written by MBA Jobs   
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Job Code: 9207
Location: Role: Merchandiser

Currently we are working on an assignment with one of our clients. The company is market leader in loyalty programs.

Location: Chennai

Designation: Manager

Reporting to: Head Purchase

CTC is 8Lpa (including 12.5% PLVB); exp –5- 6 yrs & onwards

   1. Candidates should be from a background where they have handled Corporates directly (B2B), experience in handling general merchandise
   2. They should have handled business of close to Rs.60-70 Crs, capability of handling a business of around 100Crs.

Job Role Vision - To develop and maintain catalogues, that ensures 100% procurement on stipulated price and time and to achieve this through excellent vendor negotiations and vendor management.
Job Description: -

            Product development & Inventory management:

    * Planning product ranges and preparing stock plans in conjunction with procurement team (buyers).
    * Maintaining a comprehensive library of appropriate data.(Item master with 1500  live products)
    * Planning budgets and presenting sales forecasts for existing and new ranges.
    * Interacting with Customer service team ,to quote best possible rates for contests
    * Controlling stock levels based on forecasts.
    * Analysing every aspect of the best and worst seller and reengineer the client catalogue based on the analysis.
    * Effective catalogue management, thus ensuring best sellers at good price points are fully potentialised
    * Monitoring slow sellers.
    * Taking action to reduce prices or set promotions as required.
    * Identifying products and supply difficulties and dealing with them when they occur. (Catalogue managed efficiently to ensure 100% procurement in stipulated time for a monthly procurement of 4 to 5 crores).

 

            Vendor Management:

    * To interact and get best possible support in form of pricing and supplies from the 100 odd vendors that company deals with for its estimated purchase of 100 crores.
    * To establish and develop minimum 20 preferred vendor base that will support business for pricing to bid effectively for contests
    * Effective vendor analysis, before selecting range of products from them.

 

     People Management:

    * Managing, supervising and training staff
    * Special Requirements for Position
    * Experience in Retail industry or online portals in a senior merchandising/category management role with medium and large companies.
    * Must possess capability to think through any situation logically and should be able to develop and implement clear and effective solutions.

           Qualifications:

    * Marketing Post Graduates with reasonably high level of intelligence .
    * Experience – Minimum 6-8 years
    * CTC Rs. 8Lpa (including 12.5% PLVB)

Interested candidates may send their CV in word format with subject line" CV for Purchase Manager - General Merchandise(Chennai)" to following e-mail id.

E- Mail Id: radiant.careers@gmail.com


 
 
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