Assistant Buyer - Large Appliances

1 - 3 Years

Navi Mumbai

Posted 2 years ago

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Asst. Buyer - Large Appliances

1. Manage supplier relationships, negotiate programs, select assortments, optimize support

2. Develop and maintain sales plan; manage purchase plan, communicate forecasts to suppliers and resolve inventory issues

3. Manage assortment productivity as well as price, promo and EOL activities

4. Recommend marketing & advertising activities, manage approved activities

5. Manage analysis of business, report out as required (WBR)

6. Understand competition and customers

7. Recommend & manage store activities to support business objectives

8. Direct space plan to support business objectives

9. Periodically evaluate and update store layout and planogram schedule

10. Understand the store requirements to provide them with right merchandise

11. Align with brand merchandisers to assure product alignment and segmentation between all direct to consumer channels

12. Constantly evaluate pricing and product inventory flow across retail channels to achieve sales, inventory, and margin targets. Closely partner with manager to proactively identify opportunities & risks in the business. Collaborate with buyers, suppliers, distributors and analysts to negotiate prices, quantities and time-scales

13. Ensure that availability is maintained throughout the product's life and that re-buys and cancellations are actioned in a timely manner

14. Analyse sales figures, product performance, customers reactions and market trends to anticipate product needs and plan product ranges/stock

15. Execute monthly forecasting and buy plans for retail channels to ensure supply meets the demand

16. Driving profitable sales of the category by ensuring visibility, traction, and a positive customer experience

17. Extract and analyse data to interpret customer purchase behaviour and share insights with respective business teams

18. Plan & Execute merchandising / marketing promotion plans by working with the vendors

19. Own the ideation execution of Category Sale Days and Big events promotion marketing plan