Regional Manager - Buying & Merchandising - FMCG

QUALIFICATIONS : An MBA with at least 5 years in retail management plus buying experience.

EXPERIENCE : Minimum 5 years of experience in handling similar profile in Food & Grocery

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Regional Buying & Merchandising Manager will lead all categories in her respective region in the areas of merchandising and procurement department to develop an aggressively growing business.

- Drive sales through program development, branding, product mix, promotions, private and national label programs, special buys and member relationship management.

- Must maintain proven results in buying and/or merchandising and have the vision to create future programs for our success. Responsible for P & L of the vertical.

- Assist Business Manager in developing and implementing programs and policies designed to increase sales and profits of departments and achieve planned results.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Categories Management

- Sales and Profit, responsible for category's business top line and bottom line.

- Working Capital Management

- Key Account Management

- Strategic sourcing

- Promotion Strategy

- Identification of sources of margin and opportunities

- Market Analysis, Consumption Analysis

- Value Chain Analysis

- Optimizing Cost

- TOT Negotiation.

- Adherence to norms and SOPs

- Assets Handling

- Strategic Sourcing with special focus on local sourcing.

- Category assortment and Promotion Strategy (development and execution).

- Key Vendor Relationship Management.