Buyer - Seafood

**Listing reference**: woolw_000954**Listing status**: Online-
**Position summary**

**Industry**:FMCG & Supply Management
- **Job category**:FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain**Location**:Western Cape
- **Contract**:Permanent**Remuneration**:Market Related
- **EE position**:No**Introduction**
- Responsible for the execution of the Seafood strategy. Co-ordinates the delivery of the category strategy to deliver sustainable profitable growth and operational excellence**Job description**
- Develop and execute category strategy to ensure delivery of operational excellence
- Support the co-ordination of the matrix team in order to deliver the category strategy.
- Analyse and interpret market and sales data to develop tactical plans to drive the desired outcome.
- Formulate category plans with suppliers.
- Monitor and interpret industry and international trends (doing both local and international benchmarking)
- Deliver against operational excellence and KPIs for the department.
- Focuses on medium term sustainable market share growth.
- Ensures the delivery of sustainable growth for category level.
- Co-ordinates matrix team to effectively deliver KPIs.
- Facilitate team direction and pace to effectively deliver KPIs.
- Assist team in navigating through obstacles.
- Mentor and support the development of Buyers Assistants
- Share category strategy with stakeholders and get their buy in
- Conducts continuous review of supplier performance against plan and course correct based on variables/changes.
- Monitors and ensures adherence to ethical compliance.
- Manage financial indicators.
- Liaise with marketing, sales management, space planning & trade planning to effectively drive the growth of the category
- Ability to actively review factors influencing trade ie; market share, local & international trends, economic climate, competitor activity & changes to customer shopping habits, and translate into strategy.

**Minimum requirements**
- Relevant commercial degree / diploma (B. Com preferable)
- Minimum of 5 years buying / retail experience.
- Seafood experience preferable.
- Proven experience in managing a Foods/FMCG department.
- Proven sourcing and supplier management experience.
- Strong negotiation and financial management skills
- Proactive & Innovative with a continuous improvement mindset
- Has an intimate understanding of who the customer is and the ability to view the world through their eyes?
- Strong understanding of Seafood Procurement will be advantageous.
- Consistently makes logical deductions from given information and uses these to transform the department.
- Is able to consistently convey information clearly and confidently when interacting with teams.
- Consistently drives the creation and development of products, services, and experiences that are convenient and innovative for our customers.
- Consistently anticipates potential obstacles and identifies project risks that may impact the accomplishment of project deadlines and delivery and escalates these risks where appropriate.
- Has knowledge of appropriate retail department systems and related processes across the value chain to manage objectives and enhance their ability to solve problems?
- Manages supplier delivery against the business standards and values and maximises value and reduce risks through identification and resolution of limitations/shortcomings.