Job Description

Description

An exciting opportunity has become available for a seasoned buying leader to bring their diversity and define their career at South Africaxe2x80x99s largest single brand retailer as a Buying Manager.

Does the challenge to build on and continue our trajectory of success appeal to your competitive spirit? Have you been dreaming of a role where you can be part of a leadership team that is passionately driven to develop authentically designed products for the South African customer?

If our purpose to make it possible for our remarkable customers to look and feel good resonates with you and you want to offer our remarkable customers products at prices that will delight them, then this opportunity has been especially timed for you.

Purpose of the job

To manage a range of related purchasing departments in a division, ensuring optimised profitability by providing a range of commodities that is the most wanted to the Pep consumer market and through the application of appropriate margins and price points

Key Responsibilities

Operational result management

Customer management by managing the accurate identification of customers needs

Leading the Buying team

Business Unit Management

Managed Relationships

Liaise with stakeholders / role players outside own division in order to ensure alignment and to address and improve strategic and escalated operational issues

Supplier management, sourcing suppliers and products

Ad hoc responsibilities

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

Tertiary qualification, preferably purchasing / business management, consumer market and/or marketing management

5 - 8 yearsxe2x80x99 Buyer experience and in various departments (at least 3)

Must have managed a team

Must have managed own budget

Fabric knowledge

Financial management skills

PC literacy

Presentation skills

Negotiation skills

Meeting facilitation skills

In-depth understanding of the buying process

Understanding of the planning process; store operational process; supply chain processes; market understanding; marketing understanding; and product knowledge

Code 8 Driverxe2x80x99s Licence

Willingness to travel

xe2x97x8f Competencies: Performing under pressure, Structuring, Commercial drive, Stress resistance, Willingness to Change, Motivating, Providing Feedback, Helicopter view, Innovating

Work Level

Management

Type

Permanent

Salary

Market Related

EE Position

No

Location

Western Cape

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