Food Buying Category Assistant

• Assisting the Buyer with the selection of the right commercial offer
• Researching new suppliers and making recommendations
• Reviewing retail/buying prices and margins regularly
• Regularly review competitors and wider market to monitor prices, range, suppliers, trends and new products
• Understanding of the merchandising process, product lifecycle and being able to come up with relevant proposals and recommendations for action.
  

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