Position Summary: - Establish and maintain 100 % product availability on shop floor

General Purpose: - Product availability on shop floor, Stock rotation, category performance, people management

Role Qualification:

- Teach and Reinforce behaviors that results easy Procurement /movement of stocks

- Coordinate and manage Pan India stores merchandising standards and stock availability

- Develop category managers to achieve results

- Financial Acumen , Sales and Retail operation orientation

Position Responsibility:

- Supervise, train, develop and coach category managers

- Investigate, and re-engineer where appropriate, all processes and systems within procurement and logistics to deliver the procurement strategy and action plan.

- Develop and implement an approved supplier list, introducing vendor assessment techniques to measure performance and quality of supply

- Be responsible for, and manage effectively, capital and revenue expenditure within the budgets set in order to deliver both cashable and non-cashable savings against agreed targets.

- Priorities and manage all procurement activities using a range of contracts and contract management techniques and provide management information as appropriate.

- To attend meetings, work with and lead on as necessary, regional and national initiatives in line with the National Framework

- Ensure modern procurement methods and techniques are both understood and implemented by the procurement and logistics teams

- To manage procurement staff, internal customers and suppliers in a coherent and effective manner

- Introduce effective and proactive liaison with all function to enable feedback, supply forecasting, process change and quality of supply

- Maintain adherence to all company policies and procedures

- Identify and use key financial indicators to measure business performance

Essential Skills and Experience:

- Produce the procurement annual plan and propose associated projects in conjunction with the business plans

- Analysis: gathers specific and relevant information to fully understand problems

- Decision Making: uses the appropriate knowledge, information and expertise in making decisions

- Planning: establishes clear, realistic timelines to accomplish merchandising standards

- Managing Execution: delegates responsibility and conveys clear expectations

- Financial Acumen: draws accurate conclusions from financial and quantitative information

- Focus on Service: identifies and anticipates customer requirements, expectations and needs

- Engage and inspire: projects a positive image and serves as a role model to others

- Developing others: provides feedback, coaching, and guidance to enhance others development

- Building Relationships: relates to people in an open, friendly, accepting manner

- Leveraging Diversity: creates a respectful and inclusive environment

- Results Orientation: demonstrates a strong drive to achieve results

- Adaptability: adapts appropriately to competing demands and shifting priorities

Preferred skills and experience:

- Managed similar portfolio for minimum 3 yrs in similar industry

Reporting to this person: Category Managers

Please send your resume to revert.retail@gmail.com

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