Commercial tasks:

• Analyzing past buying trends, sales records, price, and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield.
• Responsible for reviewing information about inventory, analyzing how quickly certain products have turned in the past and identifying products that have not been successful for the store.
• Identifying potential suppliers and interview them to determine whether or not they are capable of producing the right quality and quantity of an item for the store.
• Tracking the high demand models and ensuring that those models are properly sourced and available on demand.
• Ensuring that the sales are on target and revising the estimations if not.
• Making sales projections, making sure that the contract covers all necessary conditions for successful merchandising.
• Negotiating and Reviewing supplier contracts in yearly basis.
• Setting the right price points for various goods and the margins needed.
• Making sure that the contract covers all necessary conditions for successful merchandising.
• Analyzing all reports coming from Finances department (wastages, shrinkage, purchases, rebates, etc..)
• Analyzing and reporting to Fresh Food Director.
• Updating the Fresh Food Director about the current trends

Sales floor tasks:

• Built a schedule to visit Al Meera Stores.
• Analyze the sales & Quantity of the store that it will be visited.
• Analyze the monthly result of the section (sales, margin, wastage, shrinkage).
• Train people working in the section.
• Built processes to improve the standard of the section.
• Set up a check point to get a guide line of visit to be consistent.
• Set up an assortment & planogram that stores must followed.
• Make a report at store level with an action plan to improve the level of al Meera stores.
• Follow-up the action plan starting the next visit.
• Make a weekly price survey of all competitors.

Qualifications:

• College, School of Fresh section, Quality, Hygiene & process qualifications, (HACCP)

Experience:

• Experience in Fresh Food section (Commercial & Operations)

Skills:

• Excellent communication & presentation skills
• Computer proficiency (MS Applications, reports generation).
• Bilingual candidates (Arabic and English).