Purchase Manager

Maseera; Ahmadi; On-site; KWD 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Maseera is seeking a proactive Purchaser to manage vendors and maximize profitability across locations. You will negotiate cost of goods, extend terms, and optimize through promotional opportunities.

You will maintain a comprehensive vendor database, coordinate with Finance, Visual Merchandiser, Area Supervisors, and Warehouse Manager, and monitor market trends to adjust pricing and assortments.

Qualifications

• Experience in vendor negotiation and cost optimization.
• Ability to analyze promotions and supplier terms.
• Strong understanding of inventory and assortment planning.

Responsibilities

• Purchaser should manage all vendors to maximize sales profitability.
• Negotiate cost of goods, shrink allowances, extended terms with vendors.
• Maintain full vendor database with contact details and agreement terms.
• Define inventory levels for all locations using systems and reports.
• Utilize vendor promotions to benefit the company.
• Communicate vendor conditions to Finance, Visual Merchandiser, area supervisors and warehouse manager.
• Conduct market surveys on new/existing products and pricing; adjust as approved.

Skills

Market analysis

Sales analysis

Vendor management

Negotiations

Product research

Inventory management

Trend anticipation

Merchandise display

Job description

Job Summary

• Purchaser should manage all vendors to maximize sales profitability. He should try to get the best deals from vendor. To negotiate cost of goods, shrink allowances, brackets, accruals, extended terms, and allowances with the Vendors.
• He should maintain full database of all the vendors having contact details of concerned persons and conditions of agreements for that particular vendor.
• Defining & maintaining inventory levels for all locations with the help of systems and reports.
• Total understanding of all promotions being run by vendors. To make utmost utilization of promotions for company benefits.
• Communicating the conditions of Vendor Agreements to Finance (for payments follow-ups), to Visual Merchandiser (for conditions on display of products), to area supervisors & warehouse manager for (for expiry conditions etc.).
• Making surveys in market about the new products as well as existing products and pricing etc. & monitoring price increases in cost of goods and making the necessary changes after approval from Purchase committee.
• Demands information about growth, expansion, or closing of stores from Area Manager. Performance of products to be evaluated.

Key Proficiency

• Market Analysis
• Sales Analysis & Evaluation
• Vendor Management & Negotiations
• Product Research & Assortment Planning
• Inventory Management
• Trend Anticipations
• Merchandise display
• Category Promotion Planning

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