Al Futtaim Careers – Category Assistant

Job Description:

The Buying Category Assistant’s assist the food buyer to process all food orders, stakeholder management, assist preparing retail and pricing strategies, placing and tracking purchase orders, managing inventory and keeping track of market trends.

Job Responsibilities:

• Following up on orders placed and working close with vendors & the logistics team to resolve shipping/delivery issues and assure the target stock levels are met
• Substituting the buyer adequately when necessary to ensure business needs are met and assist in additional activities related to new store opening in UAE and other countries
• Ensuring products are purchased at the right time, to specification and at a competitive price.
• Placing orders with UK
• Planning, monitoring and maintaining suitable inventory levels
• Creating on a regular base & ad hoc business reports such as newness sales report etc as and when required
• Understanding of the merchandising process, product lifecycle and being able to come up with relevant proposals and recommendations for action.
• Researching new suppliers and making recommendations
• Reviewing retail/buying prices and margins regularly
• Proactively support e commerce team and category development team on their requirements
• Regularly review competitors and wider market to monitor prices, range, suppliers, trends and new products
• Training and mentoring new Category Assistants and sharing best practices with them
• Assisting the Buyer with the selection of the right commercial offer
• Raising claims to UK for any issues

Job Requirements:

• Advanced technical knowledge of ERP systems (SAP) and MS Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); above average computation abilities, feeling comfortable with various calculations
• Confident, highly organized and an excellent communicator, has an analytical mind and excellent negotiating skills, communicates with suppliers, planning, visual merchandising, marketing and logistics teams to achieve sales, profits and market share objectives for the Business

Qualification & Experience:

• 2 years’ experience in any Food establishment
• Either 2 years in a similar role or 2 years product experience in another role coupled with SAP knowledge and advanced excel skills

Job Details:

Company: Al Futtaim

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Dubai, UAE

Application Deadline: N/A

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