Reference Number: BOX240213-1
Job Title: Commercial Buyers
Job Type: Permanent
Division: Commercial and Marketing
Department: Buying
Number of Positions: 3
Location – Town / City: Westville
Location – Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma
Job Category: Sales
Job Advert Summary: Are you an ambitious buyer who is passionate about market trends, analyzing data, a critical thinker, a strong bidder, and is relationship-centric? Are you looking for an opportunity to join an organization with an impressive growth strategy? Does working for a fast-growing and powerful retail champion that values its customers and local communities inspire you? Boxer Superstores, a proudly South African retailer, is recruiting experienced Commercial Buyers to join its dynamic commercial team based at the head office in Westville, Durban. We are looking for individuals with the grit and energy to effectively manage supplier profitability and drive top-line turnover for categories such as Baby, Health & Beauty, and Hardware Build.
Minimum Requirements:
- Degree in Supply Chain or Marketing
- Minimum of 5 years of current buying experience across retail
- Proven experience in one of the following categories: Baby, Health & Beauty, and Hardware Build
- Internal stakeholder engagement with other buyers, stores, operations, marketing, Executives, Directors
- External stakeholder engagement with suppliers
- Solid systems knowledge – MS Office Suite, SAP, Bomm, Cube
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Nationally and regionally Supplier trade meetings and negotiations
- Negotiate Trading term agreements and promotional grid
- Demand Planning and store execution
- Responsible for Sales, Gross profit & Profitability within your category
- Stock management control -Stores and DC
- Promotions, Adverts, Campaigns, Themes, and Supplier Collaboration
- Administration, Reports, and Master Data management
- Ranging, Store profiles, Planograms, Categorization, and Product mix
- Collaborate with Demand Planning
- Plan the correct lines for adverts and ensure that the return of investment is met.
- Responsible for overseeing the range and appropriate formats as per the company’s New generation roll-outs
- Staff Management
If this sounds like the future for you, and you are hungry to reach new heights in your career, and you find that this opportunity grabs your attention and wish to explore the opportunities further, please upload your CV now! This may be YOUR opportunity to be part of the change and join an organization that is progressively growing through exciting times. We look forward to hearing from you.