Category Buyer

• Procurement of products in the relevant categories, managingperiodic promotions, handle seasonal purchases and sales.
  
• conducting competitor benchmarking for new product lines and pricings as per the customer mix of each store.
  
• Maintain targeted operational margins across all stores, improve rental display incomes and rebates, obtaining promotional vendor support.
  
• Negotiating commercial terms to provide better profitability in the assigned categories.
  
• Acquiring new suppliers, nurturing current suppliers and maintaining a healthy mix of category representation of all brands and products across categories as per store needs.
  
• Ensuring proper visibility and sell-through of the procured products, ensuring zero stock ageing, monitoring slow and non-moving stocks, maintaining optimum stock cover across all categories to support the stores in achieving their sales targets.
  

Requirements

• Experienced in local procurement with organized retailcompanies in GCC (Qatar experience preferred) for a period of at least 5 years in one or more of the categories listed- Electronics,Sports,Toys,Office & School Stationary,Travel, Healthcare & beauty, Dairy.
  
• Willing to relocate to Qatar.
  
• Good communication Skills.
  
• Requisite knowledge of MS office and ERP software.