Merchandise Manager - Snack

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning and selecting a range of Commercial - Snack Products to sell
• Set up all plan to achieve sale and plan other income
• Manage and control budget to allocate as each supplier
• Assessing the customer demand, including price, quality and availability.
• To capture, analyze, and predict the future market trends; and ready to change in demand
• To realize the store policy, and implemented
• To always evaluate for company financial budgets towards Commercial - Snack and policies
• Be able to maximize profits at competitive prices via bench marking with rivals
• Ensures that products being developed match or better quality than benchmarks and priced lower than the benchmark according to brand positioning
• To understand the snack season, popularity and product time manner.
• Regularly reviewing performance indicators, such as sales and discount levels
• Managing plans for stock levels
• Reacting to changes in demand and logistics
• Meeting suppliers and negotiating terms of contract
• Maintaining relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for future
• Participating in promotional activities and understanding the customer needs
• Writing reports and forecasting sales levels; and presenting to Senior Commercial Manager
• Training and mentoring junior staffs

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in marketing, international business administration or any related field
• Minimum 6 years’ experiences in sourcing or buying experience in grocery assortments
• Team Leader, Possess sound leadership skill and be able to lead a merchandising team
• Strong negotiation skill and good sense of Merchandising and commercial
• Initiative, proactive, positive thinking and can do attitude
• Multitask, quick response and can work under pressure
• Resulted and details oriented
• Good command of English
• Excellent in computer usage of MS Office