Fresh Category Buyer at Hubmart Stores Limited

Hubmart Stores Limited is a retail shopping chain of Nigerian heritage, offering multi-format stores in various locations and positioned to offer customers world-class shopping experience as well as a vast range of products. Our unique value proposition lies in our excellent customer service as well as our superior capabilities in the fresh categories.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Fresh Category Buyer

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• As the Fresh Category Buyer you are responsible for the pricing and overall promotion of a product category to maximize consumer appeal. Relationships with vendors and product range management will also be part of your duties.
• You must have excellent category manager must have extensive experience in understanding consumer needs and the retail environment.
• You must have a commercial mind-set and full comprehension of marketing and sales principles. Exceptional communication skills are also key for category managers.
• The goal is to increase sales and profitability of business to drive sustainable growth.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends
• Devise long-term development strategies for product categories
• Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
• Foster trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
• Place appropriate orders to ensure product availability that meets consumer demands
• Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility
• Liaise with marketing teams to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category
• Collaborate with buyers and merchandisers to expand product categories
• Make forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory
• Assume responsibility of budget development and revenue for category
• Works closely with sales team to determine optimal pricing through analysis of sales trends, competitors, buying habits and planograms of products to promote sales opportunities.
• Leads a team that provides category insights and proposals by analyzing marketing and customer data and monitoring relevant market conditions.
• Coordinating the activities of the FRESH buying team
• Developing and maintaining a good working relationship with vendors
• Developing and providing the appropriate product mix for the execution of the organization’s strategy
• Ensuring constant availability of products at the right quantity, quality, and prices
• Work with other departments (Operations, Finance, Marketing, IT) to drive sales growth for the FRESH category
• Drive customer footfalls and sales in the entire store by driving footfalls in the FRESH category section
• Installing processes for FRESH buying team activities
• Proven experience as category manager or similar role
• Solid knowledge of category management, marketing and sales principles
• Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods
• Proficient in MS Office/Excel/PowerPoint and database management programs
• An analytical mind with a strategic ability
• Solid people skills
• Proven record of successful vendor relations and product assessment
• Ability to foresee market trends and stay ahead of the competition
• Excellent collaborative and team building skills
• Top notch Presentation skills
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal
• Solid analytical skills
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing, or Restail Store related field.
• Minimum 4 years' experience in product or category management.

Core Competencies:

• Excellent communicator - demonstrating a high level of competence with
• Presentations
• Written reports
• Correspondence
• Persuasiveness
• Listening skills
• Negotiation skills
• Good time management skills
• Project management skills
• Budget management skills
• Strategic awareness
• üNetworking skills at a senior level
• Analytical
• Creative
• Personable
• Research Oriented
• Professional demeanour
• Flexibility

Application Closing Date
5th December, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and CV to: abalogun@hubmart.com