Non Food Buying Manager

• Mar 2012 - Present

Non Food Buying Manager

• Mar 2012 - Present

•Manage, direct, grow a team of category/senior category managers. •Responsible for All contracts with all suppliers in the category. •Ensure budgeted, other income, GP and profitability of each department is achieved monthly thus annually. •Ensure Full Range of each category is available; thus department range is available. •Ensure promotions are exclusive, competitive, and related to theme; that would attract consumers to the shop. •Ensure that the merchandising of items in the store yield best turnover, (space to sales analysis versus rental income). •Monthly cleanup of the System (SAP) from SKUs those are obsolete. •Responsible for renting specific location within the shop as per company strategy. •Follow up on stock availability, compensations, penalties…..with suppliers. •Responsible for setting up KVI list every 3 months in the category. •Responsible for market survey and developing action plan on a periodic set basis. •Responsible for increasing import range. •Managing items purchasing activities for all Metro and Khier Zaman stores. •Manage the dealing with the department suppliers (150 suppliers). •Manage the meeting of an average of 20 suppliers per month. •Manage the dealing of an average of 10,000 or more different product items. •Manage the visit of an average of 3-4 stores on a weekly basis. •Manage the competitor's visits surveys (2-5) per month. Show less