Retail Category Manager / Purchase Manager for Nigeria

• Preparation & Execution of Annual Business plans

• Vendor Management : Sourcing , Negotiations , promo planning (Coordination with Vendors, logistics and other teams for timely production and delivery)

• New business expansion

• Managing Pricing : GP monitoring , pricing , promotion (Level pricing on the basis of whole sale / retail)

• Sales and Inventory Management :

• Complete assortment of merchandizing of items.

• Monitoring of sales and controls on markdown sale.

• Space Productivity: maximizing per sq ft sales, Maintaining Stock Turnover Ratio and approving layouts.

• Finalization and approving Plano grams for display.

• Visiting stores (as and when required) for understanding region specific requirement and getting inputs from sales team for better planning of merchandise.

• Man management skills

• Good Communication Skill

• He should be well informed about the current trends in the market and Customer taste.

• He should be interactive and should maintain good inter-personal relationship with his co workers and customers.

• Ability to negotiate

• Should be able to think out of the box, innovative, and possess problem solving ability

• Analytical ability

• Ability to work with different teams with a sense of urgency, responsibility, and accountability

• Commercial understanding ability and bottom line driven

• Ability to identify training needs, build the team , Train & Coach teams below

5+ years experience 

Mr. Shivendra Pradhan

shivendra.pradhan@imsoneworld.com