Senior Buyer - Manama, البحرين - Babasons WLL

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Job description
Senior Buyer is responsible for managing the company's supply of products. Major responsibilities include strategizing to find cost-effective deals and principals. The role is to identify ways of optimizing procurement costs and developing assortment to drive growth and profitability.


Responsibilities

• Liaises with key company employees to determine their product and assortment needs.
• Monitors business trends and product availability to pay the best price for company goods and services without sacrificing quality or delivery times
• Nurtures relationships with suppliers to negotiate the best prices for the company
• Identifies and researches potential new brands and principals
• Researches new products and brands to meet the company's goals
• Assesses total costs of company purchases
• Develops and implements strategies for procuring, storing, and distributing goods or services and maintaining stock levels
• Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies
• Examine and test existing contracts
• To facilitate & drive monthly forecasting process.
• To ensure all inventory is maintained within agreed levels.
• To highlight contingencies in case of possible out of stock or overstocking situation and take corrective action
• To liquidate shortexpiry stocks with minimum discounting, ahead of expiry dates.
• To continuously maintain (and improvise) the mutual working relationship with all Brand Principals.
• Work closely with Principals on the development of Business Plans in the various trade channels to stay ahead of competition
• Frequently Develop & Analyze various reports and derive actionable points and follow up on same
• Prompt & Efficient Inventory management, to ensure Cost of Capital is maintained within agreed parameters.

Qualifications

• Graduate with a minimum of 8 years of GCC experience
• Full understanding of dynamics of FMCG products/trade in GCC
• Good communication & Presentation skills (in English).
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and SAP
• Possess Bahrain driving license
• Talent in negotiations and networking
• Experience in collecting and analyzing data
• Strong leadership capabilities
• Efficient, Multitasker, Creative thinker, Result-Oriented with good Problem Solving & People skills

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Experience:

• Import: 8 years (required)

License/Certification:

• Bahrain Driving Licence (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (required)