Merchandise Manager / Assistant Manager - Fresh Food ( Butchery / Imported Fruit & Vegetable)

Responsibilities:

• Generate sale, profit, and operating income.
• Responsible for purchasing related assortments.
• Evaluation of the suppliers.
• Cooperate and maintain good relationship with suppliers who are reliable in providing products.
• Review Trading Terms / Agreement made with the suppliers, process debit balance and negotiate.
• Preparation of the in quires and request of proposals to the potential suppliers.
• Receiving and control of the Material/Purchasing requirements.
• Source and develop new equipment, product to support stores.
• Conducts market research and analysis to identify products that can be developed and adopted as Products.
• Monitor the performance of Products, identify root causes of shortfall and action plan to improve performance.
• Investigate the market price and dealing with suppliers.
• Work with Marketing Team to develop new launch activity in stores to drive sales target.
• Perform regular store visits to detect operational problems and follows-up on product quality and presentation and surveys new store.
• Supervise, coach and support the merchandising team with an aim to ensure efficient and productive daily operations.

Qualifications:

• At least bachelor's degree in marketing, international business administration or any related field.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in procurement function, food and non-food product development (experiences in retails business would be a plus.
• Strong negotiation skill and good sense of merchandising or commercial.
• Proactive, positive thinking and can do attitude.
• Multi-tasking, responsive, can work under pressure.
• Strong managerial and leadership skills.
• Problem solving and effective communication & interpersonal skills.
• Good command both written & spoken in English.
• Good computer skills (MS office)