Merchandise Manager Yuppiechef

Mr Price; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Mr Price in Cape Town seeks an experienced buying professional to lead the team, refine our buying processes and drive category growth. Your decisions will support the business strategy and help expand our physical store footprint.

You will manage key supplier relationships, ensure conformance, and maximise margin gains through smart sourcing. You’ll interact across Sourcing & Buying and other departments, with direct focus on Kitchenware categories.

Responsibilities

• Lead the buying team and refine buying processes.
• Drive strong category growth and execute range decisions.
• Manage key supplier relationships and ensure conformance to maximise margin gains.
• Collaborate across Sourcing & Buying and other departments, with a focus on Kitchenware.

Job description

You will have the opportunity to ‘lead the team’ and impart your experience to enhance our buying processes and drive strong category growths. Physical store expansion will be a key process where important range decisions will need to be made to support the business strategy.

The management and improvement of key supplier relationships and overall business conformance will be key in making sure we can get the best out of the sourcing opportunities and maximise margin gains.

Our merchandise department consists of departments including Sourcing & Buying. You will interact across all areas with direct focus and management of the buying team responsible for our Kitchenware categories.