Food Buyer

3 weeks ago

Pretoria, South Africa CME Recruitment Full time

**BUYER - Retail Food Industry**

**PTA**

**Broad Purpose / Function**:
The purpose of this role is to buy effectively to ensure constant sales growth, limit out of stock and an increase in gross margins, coupled with necessary advertisement spend recoupment.

To maintain updated trading terms by:

- Analyzing sales of different products to ensure optimal ranging
- Determine trends related to changes in market/shortcomings
- Liaise with suppliers (Deals, Pricing)
- Negotiate trading terms to ensure maximum revenue and maintain a set GP
- Manage supplier relationship
- Ensure availability of stock
- Monitor stock movement - correct stock received on time at the right place
- Control short dated products
- Manage stock write-offs to ensure continuous promotional activity in the group by:

- Project manage the promotions drives in the group
- Align with Marketing to ensure synergy
- Set and maintain pricing
- Handle branch queries related to pricing
- Track effectiveness of each promotion and react accordingly
- To ensure alignment between Healthcare related and Pharmaceutical products
- Advise on ranging
- Product selection
- Result driven and strong sense of urgency

**Experience**:

- 3 to 5 years’ experience as a Buyer with in a FOOD Retail business
- Diploma in Supply Chain Management or similar
- Excellent English and Afrikaans communication
- Knowledge of ERP systems
- Computer literate (Advanced Excel)

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Pretoria, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

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