Merchandising Manager

Mynews; Selangor; On-site; MYR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Selangor, Malaysia, is seeking a talented merchandising professional. The role involves building strong relationships with suppliers, managing category performance, and driving additional income through effective promotions and advertising. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years' experience in merchandising or FMCG and possess exceptional communication skills. This opportunity is crucial for enhancing operational efficiency and maximizing sales support across various platforms.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of working experience in merchandising/retail or FMCG.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain partnerships with suppliers to maximize sales.
• Negotiate trading terms to increase profits.
• Manage overall performance of product categories.
• Drive additional income through promotions and advertising.
• Oversee stock allocation and sales forecasting.
• Maintain competitiveness in market pricing.

Skills

Good communication skills

Job description

Building and maintaining good business partnership with brand market leader/suppliers via right wiring & business strategy alignment to maximise sales support.

Negotiating trading term with suppliers to increase the back-end rebates and profit to company.

New product listing and sourcing.

Drive other operating income by promoting instore advertising space & trade marketing display to suppliers.

Managing the overall performance of the categories.

Discussing with supplier to execute the monthly & seasonal promotion plan and providing the guidance and requirement of the sales mechanic to Marketing department.

Leading the overall coordination of promotion campaign on behalf of the department.

Supporting Operation by solving the daily operation issues that raised to HQ through Symple reporting.

Overseeing the overall communication plan with Operation to ensure smooth execution and compliance base on the needs of the merchandising strategy.

Supporting the stock allocation to new stores expansion planning and store revamp.

Sales forecasting and stock purchase by control the overall stock turnover days (both warehouse & stores) to ensure efficient supply chain and minimise liquidity risk.

Ensuring optimum supply from supplier to minimise sales loss of opportunity.

Analysing category, promotion, item & supplier sales performance, and report to superior.

Keeping barest of product pricing in the market and competitor sales activities to ensure product competitiveness to attract customers.

Maintaining the data, upkeeping the supplier and product information in POS system.

Brief operation & Marketing to ensure the best store merchandising practise by setting the guidelines & execution of clean store policy.

Support the sales development of online sales business unit such as GrabMart and the E-commerce platform.

Act as the liaison person for any arising operation issues from supplier with HQ department. For example, B2B subscription & invoicing process.

Ensuring the full compliance of the internal department of the department SOP especially in stock purchase policy

Acts in a pivotal role for teams and internal functions to co- ordinate projects with other departments.

Job Requirements

Min 3 year(s) of working experience in merchandising/ retail & FMCG

Good communication skills, both written and verbal.