Head of Procurement Retail Wholesale

Description

• The successful incumbent will be based at Corporate Office and report to the General Manager: Retail & Wholesale

Duties

• Proactively ensures the Procurement team implements relevant strategies to increase revenue, margin and market share growth within the Retail & Wholesale Division
• Proactively ensures effective stock management and return on stock investment
• Proactively identify new business opportunities for expansion and implementation
• Plan, Develop and Implement effective promotional plans and strategies
• Managing the procurement team to ensure that each Buyer:
  • Initiates, sets-up, negotiates and monitors Agra Retail & Wholesale supplier service level agreements (SLA’s)
  • Builds sound relationships and networking
  • Proactively focus on stock and stock file management
  • Negotiates all purchase prices from Agra’s suppliers
  • Negotiates delivery and payment terms with suppliers
  • Negotiates and agrees on supplier lead times
  • Consistently evaluating the relevance of product ranges, and critically evaluate product listings and managing the discontinuation of poor performing stock items/ranges
  • Negotiates, manages and measures stock availability from suppliers
  • Negotiates supplier packages (e.g. deal structures, rebates, settlements, advertising, payment terms, ad-spent, product training, etc.)
  • Manages stock level targets within the Retail & Wholesale branches
  • Ensuring return on investment targets are achieved against suppliers and branches
  • Setting up and managing of supplier relations and training structures to the Retail & Wholesale branches
• Together with Agra Retail & Wholesale management, set’s up recommended supplier mark-up’s to the branches
• Managing and ensuring the accuracy of loaded purchase and sales prices in Agra’s Enterprise Resource Planning system
• Managing monthly, seasonal, new store opening, birthday specials and cycle promotions as well as the profitability and effectiveness of all promotions.
• Consistent overall management and critical evaluation of product listings and managing the discontinuation of poor performing stock items/ranges
• Understanding of risk management
• Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organisation partnerships
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Take overall responsibility for the negotiation of transport tariffs, management and co-ordination of transport related to Retail & Wholesale procurement
• Managing and ensuring effective training structures are implemented from suppliers to train and increase product knowledge and application within the Retail & Wholesale division
• People management and leadership of Agra’s Retail Procurement department at Corporate Office

Requisites

• Namibian citizenship
• Relevant Qualification (e.g. commerce, business, retail, buying, procurement)
• At least 8 years of relevant experience (e.g. negotiation, buying, retail, wholesale and/or procurement)
• Adequate market and supplier knowledge
• Computer literate (MS Excel and Enterprise Resource Planning system)
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Must be able and willing to travel extensively nationally and internationally
• Exceptional Business acumen and the commercial understanding of retailing and wholesaling
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Great relationship management
• Strong understanding of national and international market trends, organizational objectives and supplier capabilities
• Valid driver’s license

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• Agra Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer and suitably qualified Namibian citizens from designated groups as defined in the Namibian Affirmative Action Act (1998), are encouraged to apply

How to Apply

1. Documentation

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae

2. Application

• Send your Documentation to Human Resources at humanresources@agra.com.na with the Subject line “Head of Procurement Retail Wholesale”
• Indicate the source of this job post: working.co.na