Senior FMCG Buyer 177 views

Camino Consulting is looking for a Senior FMCG Buyer

Job Description:

Industrial: The Company is searching for a driven, detailed-oriented, experienced, and highly competent Retail Buyer in the FMCG market, who is primarily responsible for the planning, selecting and buying of merchandise for the Distribution Centre.

Required qualifications, experience, and key competencies:

Grade 12 Diploma in supply chain management B Com Degree in business, finance, accounting, or supply chain management will be advantageous.

At least 5 years of experience as a Buyer for a large FMCG company is essential.

Buying price-sensitive goods such as cooking oil, washing powder, milk, can foods etc, is essential. Computer literate in MS Office, especially Excel. Strong industry knowledge of FMCG, with the ability to forecast future needs.

Key Competencies:

• Strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent planning and organizing skills are required.
• Sound decision-making skills.
• Excellent influencing skills and a dealmaker.
• Ability to get the best possible pricing.
• Ability to work well with the team.
• Able to add value and costs.
• Ability to build and maintain strong trust relationships with suppliers to promote fair dealing.
• Integrity – shows moral courage, openness, and honesty in all dealings. Is positive, energetic, self-motivated, and optimistic.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Purchase goods to ensure that the company’s operational needs are met, considering the price, quality, and delivery to ensure continuity of supply.
• Ensure highly competitive purchase prices to enable the supermarkets to compete and better the competitive prices to the public while maintaining a healthy profit.
• Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding and how failure (price and availability) affects the Distribution Centre, the supermarkets, and customer expectations.
• Develop an efficient and accurate system for monitoring the supply chain and stock levels.
• Provide analyses on costs, new and existing, and review cost reduction activities.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers, and review opportunities to make business savings.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications.

Interested candidates please apply.