Food Buying Category Assistant

PO Management

• Ensuring products are purchased at the right time, to specification and at a competitive price.
• Following up on orders placed and working close with vendors & the logistics team to resolve shipping/delivery issues and assure the target stock levels are met
• Planning, monitoring and maintaining suitable inventory levels
  

Ad Hoc & Reporting

• Creating on a regular base & ad hoc business reports such as newness sales report etc as and when required
• Substituting the buyer adequately when necessary to ensure business needs are met and assist in additional activities related to new store opening in UAE and other countries
• Training and mentoring new Category Assistants and sharing best practices with them
• Proactively support e commerce team and category development team on their requirements
• Placing orders with UK
• Raising claims to UK for any issues
  

Required Skills to be successful:

• Strong analytical skills
• Very strong commercial awareness and creative skills.
• Decisive and able to work in a super fast paced environment
• Strong communication, analytical and organizational skills.
• Display delegation skills, priorities within delegated tasks and manage deadlines.
• Practice excellent time management skills and ability to cope under pressure
  

What equips you for the role:

• Bachelor Degree (Masters Preferred)
• 3-4 years’ experience in in any Food establishment
• Either 3 years in a similar role or 3-4 years product experience in another role coupled with SAP knowledge and advanced excel skill
• Individual Accountability
• Continuous Improvement
• Personal Leadership
• Teamwork
• Attention to Detail
• Highly Numerate
• Product Confident
• Good Communicator