Senior Manager - Buying - Retail

Looking for candidates experience in the category such as Cosmetics, Health & Beauty products,perfumes, fragrance, accessories, jewel, gems.

Responsible for developing strategic buying plans.

Determine buying requirements and formulate buying plan and budget for the assigned department/category.

Manage the category/ brand management with the objective of maximizing sales and profits.

Plan the buying budget for the category.

Vendor Management

Build and maintain relationships with vendors and suppliers and negotiate the best deals with them for procuring merchandise.

Maintain contact with vendors; update list of vendors for bidding purposes; attend product demonstrations, obtain samples and brochures regarding potential products and vendor capabilities and confer with end users.

Order Management.

Work with the planning team on demand estimation and ordering based on the buying plan and ensure merchandise is delivered as per the plan based on the agreed service level agreement.