Junior Sourcer Sheet Street

1 week ago


Durban, South Africa Mr Price Group Full time

**purpose**

To ensure the provision of world
- class sourcing of merchandise and suppliers to support the merchandise strategy and eliminate unnecessary cost thereby delivering best value to delight our customers.

**key responsibilities**

**Analysis**:
Monitor and analyse key metrics across the sourcing value chain in order to measure supplier performance and highlight potential risks to the business

**Strategy**:
Participate in developing and implementing a short and long term Resource strategy to support the business strategy and merchandise direction. Achieve Company % contribution of opportunistic stocks.

**Critical Path Management**:
Oversee the critical path management up to handover to forwarder date in order to ensure on time delivery of merchandise and correct product execution. Work closely with the merch team on finding proactive solutions to mitigate any delivery delay impact on the business. Partner with respective merchants in reacting to the trading environment in order to maximise sales

**Supplier Management**:
Build strategic supplier relationships and identify new partnerships for long term sustainability. Research and provide new vendor solutions in line with business requirements in order to contribute to the Company's profitability. Research new supplier territories in order to ensure that we are sourcing competitively. Assist and guide new vendors in understanding of our requirements, policies and procedures

**Procurement**:
Drive low-cost sourcing against strategic KPI's for the division, both factory visits/ desk top sourcing as well as Trade shows. Re-engineer product for lower costs where necessary while still maintaining required standards. Focus on opportunistic stock parcels to drive value. Negotiate preferred payment terms with suppliers.
Critical Path Management:
Oversee the critical path management up to handover to forwarder date in order to ensure on time delivery of merchandise and correct product execution. Work closely with the merch team on finding proactive solutions to mitigate any delivery delay impact on the business. Partner with respective merchants in reacting to the trading environment in order to maximise sales.

**Research**:
Identify key value price points in the market, low cost source through new county of origin to maximise value positioning in the market through both Stock purchases as well as Fresh production opportunities

**requirements**

**1) Education**:
Any relevant degree or diploma

**2) Experience**:
1 years - 2years Retail Buying Experience

**3) Specific knowledge**:
Negotiation skills

Presentation skills

Relationship management

Effective Communication

Cultural sensitivity awareness;
Product construction

Fabric and Material understanding

Manufacturing and Production processes

Costing

Raw material pricing

Exchange rate awareness

Global sourcing trends

Shipping and importing processes

Production and shipping lead-time knowledge by country and product type

Analytical thinking

**4) Business understanding**:
Commercial acumen

**about us**

The People’s Value Champion | Cash-Based | Omni-Channel | Fashion-Value Retailer

The Mr Price Group retails in more than 1400 stores in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Africa through our 8-trading divisions Mr Price, Mr Price Home, Mr Price Sport, Mr Price Money, MILADYS, sheet street, Power Fashion and Yuppiechef

Mr Price Group is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.


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