Purchase Officer

Job Description

Role & responsibilities

Negotiate with vendors regarding best schemes, offers, discounts and place orders.
Is responsible for preparing the vendor schedule.
Analyze and study reports of Top selling, slow moving, zero sale SKU's and placing purchase orders to ensure stock availability and optimum utilization of space.
Coordinate with the vendors and warehouse to ensure debit items are collected within timelines specified.
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.
Decide the selling price.
Develop relationships with the vendors to get excellent services & timely information.
Negotiate for placement of promoters, review their daily availability & provide instruction to ensure smooth functioning of the 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 twice 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.