Buyer - Outdoor Equipment (& Consumer Electronics)

1 day ago

Cape Town, South Africa Cape Union Mart Full time

An opportunity has just become available in our **Buying Department** for a resilient, innovative and resourceful **Buyer **who can add value to our **Cape Union Mart** **Outdoor** **Equipment Team** through the successful trending, sourcing and procurement of equipment (optics, knives and tools) and consumer electronics merchandise for **Cape Union Mart**.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Range preparation, coordination and presentation
- Development and procurement of Consumer Electronics and other categories
- Execution of the merchandise strategies in alignment with the departmental and business objectives
- New product selections in line with market research and trends
- Negotiations and supplier relationship management
- Various reporting on product and category performance
- Understanding the local and international Consumer Electronics environment and the competitors therein in order to ensure relevancy and competitiveness within the market
- Collaborate with Online team to maximise the online shopping experience
- Collaborate with marketing to ensure compelling messaging to the target customer
- Range execution in alignment with the business objectives
- Presenting range reviews
- Effectively collaborating with the relevant stakeholders and departments
- Controlling sample stock
- Attend tradeshows and conferences to stay abreast of industry standards
- General buying administrative functions

**Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications Required**
- Grade 12 certificate and a relevant tertiary qualification is required
- 3-5 years of retail merchandise buying experience of equipment and consumer electronincs is preferred
- Knowledge in Optics (binocs) and knives and tools is beneficial.
- Working knowledge of the retail cycle and merchandise buying principles and processes
- Understanding and experience in retail planning principles and processes is advantageous
- A working knowledge of the latest Microsoft packages is required

**Job Related Competencies**
- A passion for keeping up to date with electronic equipment trends
- The ability to remain flexible and adapt merchandise strategies to match trends as they change in our different target markets
- The ability to adapt trends to our different target markets
- Proven negotiation skills
- Ability to understand and interpret trends
- Ability to make sound decisions together with effective problem-solving skills
- Strong trader mentality
- Proven strategic thinking skills
- Able to build and maintain influential relationships at various levels and across business functions
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- Solid organizing, planning, & time management skills
- High-level of conflict management
- The agility and resilience to maintain high levels of drive and initiative under pressure

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