Senior Manager-Category GM Sourcing

Job Title

Manager-Category GM Sourcing

Department

General Merchandising

Education

MBA/Any Graduate

Experience

8+ yrs

Position Reporting to

Head of Category Dept

Job Responsibilities

The role holder will be responsible for Vendor Sourcing and Management i.e. sourcing new vendors, onboarding the new vendors, scheduling, Buying / ordering, ensuring on time payments, Debits to vendors as per process, Product Development (GM), etc. Simultaneously, he / she will need to manage working relationships with existing vendors.

The role holder will be responsible for managing the assigned Category and for related product / merchandise selection. The responsibilities will include the following:
Identifying products, offers and negotiating the best rates
Analysis of consumption patterns across various geographies
Ensuring profitable growth for the categories
Inventory Control 
Conduct Competition benchmarking and market visits. Data analysis, planning and  forecasting, Sales growth, product enhancement, product lifecycle management

Will need to prepare and present reports. Will be required to travel.

Skills

Communication, negotiation, planning, decision making, critical thinking and team Handling skills. Must be able to hand hold and groom the team members under him / her. Must possess very good interpersonal and analytical skills. Must be good with related processes and proficiency in excel is a must

Competencies