Our client, a listed company on mainboard is looking for caliber to join its’ team as Buying Manager to cope with business expansion and re-allocation of purchasing tasks on current operations.

Key responsibilities including:

• Lead the buying and sourcing (dairy/frozen/fresh/wine/grocery etc). premium consumables from local suppliers and overseas. Conduct market research to understand the latest international / local trend and customers’ needs. Sourcing of new products, brands. In charge of strategic brands and exclusive partnerships.
• Involve in product development, brand management, sales, margin and pricing strategy, customer targeting strategy etc.
• Manage and execute buying strategies according to sales budget and seasonal needs. Formulate the buying plan including product mix planning and forecast, product segmentation, pricing and order placement.
• Analyse sales data and monitor business performance to achieve sales targets and maximize the profit. Prepare analysis reports and decision references such as: sales data report, product & category development strategy, market analysis and competitor analysis report.
• Manage the inventory level identify, evaluate and manage the performance of suppliers and vendors. Negotiate with suppliers to achieve competitive price, deals, exclusivity and terms.
• Strong knowledge of the product ranges - training of team
• Planning on sales targets for seasonal and annual promotion events; cooperate and enhance of partnership relationship between team, internal departments and external vendors.
• Participate to brand concept development, store design, plan layout, new shops-in-shop / pop-ups stores, and new store development as necessary.

Specifications:

• Holder of Bachelor degree in Business Administration, retail management or related disciplines.
• 8-10 years of premium food sourcing and buying experience in retail industry, including 3 years at managerial level.
• Self-driven, well-organized, detail-minded, and can work under fast-paced environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, Chinese, European languages preferred

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