Is responsible for preparing the vendor schedule. Analyse and study report of Top selling, slow moving, zero sale SKU's and placing purchase orders to ensure stock availability and optimum utilisation of space. Conduct floor walk with operations to ensure availability, visibility, timely refilling, proper display & correct price boards. Interact with staff to share information and enable execution. Negotiate with vendors regarding schemes, offers, discounts, debits and place orders. Decide the selling price. Develop relationships with vendors to get excellent services & timely information. Negotiate for placement of promoters, review their daily availability & provide instruction to ensure smooth functioning of store. Participate in weekly promoter briefing.
Coordinate with company officials regarding customer complaints and follow up for timely resolution. Conduct competitions benchmarking with stores in vicinity at least once a week to improve on pricing, product display, product range. Coordinate with HO for deciding OL, OQ. Identify & follow up on PNM to ensure timely payment to vendors. Share information with operations to control pilferage (stock in systems vs stock on floor/ warehouse). Prepare vendor schedule and plan dispatches to enable smooth stock take. Maintain registers to ensure compliance with process audit.