Category Manager General Merchandise
Michele Visser Recruiters
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Intermediate position
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Cape Town Region
- Posted 07 Apr 2024 by Michele Visser Recruiters
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Job 2560330 - Ref MVR12032024
About the position
My Client a Leading Retailer in Cape Town has an exciting new vacancy for a CATEGORY MANAGER General Merchandise.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES INLCUDE
- Negotiating with sales reps from suppliers
- Maintaining comprehensive records of all transactions with suppliers
- Negotiating deals and prices to achieve competitive retail prices and budgeted gross profit for the DC and retail
- Managing stock levels and service levels against sales and budget
- Managing product ranges within specified product categories
- Achieving targeted DC sales
THE PERSON MUST SATISFY THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES
- A Matric Certificate
- A Marketing/Purchasing Degree or Diploma would be advantageous
- Should have in-depth knowledge and minimum 3 years experience within the retail FMCG market, preferably in buying or replenishment
- Strong drive, initative and creativity
- Computer literacy
- Proven negotiation skills
- Effective decision-making skills
- Sound interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Financial details
Send CV by the 31st March 2024.
Desired Skills:
- Negotiating with sales reps
- Maintaining comprehensive records
- Negotiating deals and prices
- Managing stock levels and service levels
- Managing product ranges
- Achieving target sales
- A Marketing/Purchasing Degree
- Diploma
- have in-depth knowledge
- retail FMCG market
- Strong drive
- initative
- creativity
- Computer literacy
- negotiation skills
- decision-making skills
- interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Financial details
- Homeware buying
Desired Work Experience:
Desired Qualification Level:
Michele Visser Recruiters
About the agency
Michele Visser Recruiters (Pty) Ltd (MVR) provide headhunting and recruitment solutions to small, medium and large enterprises within South Africa that require a more personalised and efficient service in line with the business objectives and hiring strategy, to facilitate growth and sustainability.
Our mission statement is to provide efficient, flexible and quality recruitment and headhunting services and solutions to enhance staffing strategies within companies across South Africa thereby ensuring the future success of the organisation through effective placement and job-person match.
In order to achieve this MVR prefers to partner with their clients, getting to know each organisation well and what makes them tick so that we can ensure the best culture fit match. At each job brief we ask specific questions to ensure that we understand the requirements thoroughly and we engage our clients regularly to ensure that we are in touch with any changes in the job requirements. We are also able to analyse recruitment challenges and suggest possible solutions to overcome such challenges. Our proven search methodologies are well researched and highly effective in sourcing the best possible talent for our clients.
MVR’s key to success is to meet today’s recruitment challenges head on with proven search techniques and to constantly research new approaches to overcoming possible obstacles in locating top talent. We also offer a number of value add services which can be customised for each specific client need.
Areas of expertise
Headhunting/Executive Search: Our headhunting and search strategy is well established and highly effective in the sourcing of a specific skill set that is required by the client. Our highly trained and skilled researchers make use of international search methodologies and keep up to date with the latest trends in search. All approaches are highly confidential and all data is captured and stored on a secure database.
Recruitment of Permanent or Contract Staff: Whether you need a permanent vacancy filled or a contract, MVR has the expertise to source suitable candidates for you. We tap into our large database of candidates which is kept updated on a monthly basis, as well as utilise various job boards such as Career Junction, P NET, Linked In depending on the nature of the vacancy. Advertisements are also placed on various social media which is proving to be highly effective as it targets a large and varied audience.
Values
We pride ourselves on our values of integrity, honesty, quality, success and excellence. Each person that we engage with is treated equally and fairly and individual feedback on the outcome of each interview is guaranteed.
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