Trainee Buyer

SUMMARY:
Trainee Buyer

POSITION INFO:

Purpose of the role:

To effectively but to ensure constant sales growth and increase in gross margins coupled with necessary advertising spend recoupment.

Key Receivers of Work:

Stores, DC’s, Buyer assistant, suppliers, Divisional advertising co-ordinators.

Product Range and line determination:

• 1^st to market
• Price Competitiveness
• Comprehensive coverage categories
• Strategy and Brand logic applied
• Good Understanding of categories
• Range Rationalization
• Effective administration maintained (complete and up-to-date)

Product Pricing (Cost and Selling Prices):

• Competitive / cheapest
• Pricing objectives based on knowledge of market  prices / current trends / market leaders
• Effective utilization of negotiating skills to achieve pricing objectives
• Demonstrates personal drive to obtain best cost price
• Effective administration maintained (complete & up-do-date)
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information

Advertising and Promotions:

• Line selection
• Price points
• Competitor pricing
• Stock availability at suppliers
• Timeous supply of information to marketing coordinator
• Effective administration maintained (complete & up-do-date)

Manager Buyer Assistants:

• Allocates work and sets priorities
• Monitors progress and quality
• Resolves escalated issues / Provides support
• Develops – create learning opportunities / delegates tasks / expand role / coaches
• Provides regular performance feedback
• Assist Senior Buyer in selection of buyer assistant

Resolve Stock Level Issues in Stores and DC’s:

• Reaction time to resolve
• Awareness of price movements to advise DC pro-actively
• Awareness of shortages to pro-actively avoid client shortages
• Effective administration maintained (complete & up-do-date)

Merchandising Layout Determination:

• Practical
• Reflects understanding of shopper patterns
• Timeous communication with Division
• Effective administration maintained (complete & up-do-date)

Qualifications/ Education

• Grade 12 / Matric Essential
• Business diploma or degree will be desirable

Experience

• Successful completion of Trainee Buyer Program or experience as a Buyer in Food Retail

Functional Competencies

• Basic computer literacy
• Administrative skills (complete and up-to-date)
• Working knowledge of Buying-Systems

Summary of Behavioural competencies

Essential:

• Persuading and influencing
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Analysing
• Relating, networking and communicating information
• Planning and organising
• Deciding and initiating action
• Coping with pressures and setbacks

Desirable:

• Adapting and responding to change
• Developing others

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