The Client
Venus Bay General Store is a licensed general store in Venus Bay that retails a variety of fast-moving consumer goods. They are committed to professionalism and are well known to have exceptional service always exceeding customers’ expectations.
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The Role
They are seeking a full time Retail Buyer to join their team in Venus Bay in VIC. This is for a full time position at an annual salary at $75,000 plus superannuation.
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The Responsibilities
Select and purchase products to be sold across the store balancing quality and cost-effectiveness.
Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers from Australia, China, India.
Collaborate closely with store staff to understand store-specific needs and adjust stock accordingly.
Monitor competitor sales trends and adjust purchasing strategies to stay competitive.
Review sales feedback to make informed adjustments to our product offerings.
Ensure every category achieves sales targets and have fresh stock in the required time frame.
Replenishment, promotions, seasonal sales and margin adjustment when required.
Liaise with logistics to ensure the merchandise are in-housed on time.
Stock and Sales monitoring to check on shelf and in store product movement, plan reordering?and placing orders
Researching a range of products and selecting the items to ensure competitive pricing, launch of new products.
Receiving samples where required and getting management or customer feedback about the same.
Identifying and maintaining day to day contact and purchasing after negotiating the best price from suppliers / traders / wholesalers/ distributors
Ensuring Point of sale promotions and continuous update of specials & other stock prices
Supervising the setup of products' display in aisles and guiding the filling staff to do it in right way.
Ensuring that the overall activities are carried out within the budgets and resource allocations and are in accordance with organisational business objectives
Continuously updating the management on sales projections and participating in planning product and sales strategies
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The requirements
Minimum 8 years’ experience in retail buying
Minimum 8 years’ experience in international sourcing, particularly from Asian markets.
Strong communication and negotiation skills, proven to manage supplier relationships.
Must have extensively travelled to Asian countries like China, India, Vietnam for sourcing the merchandise.
Excellent in numbers and forecasting knowledge and replenishment.
Managing categories and ensuring the new stock is available always for the customers in store.
Analytical skills to interpret sales data and make data-driven purchasing decisions.
Strong teamwork skills to work closely with store managers and other team members.
Demonstrated experience working in fast paced environment
The ability to prioritise workload and adapting to change in work requirements
Venus Bay General Store is a licensed general store in Venus Bay that retails a variety of fast-moving consumer goods. They are committed to professionalism and are well known to have exceptional service always exceeding customers’ expectations.
?
?
The Role
They are seeking a full time Retail Buyer to join their team in Venus Bay in VIC. This is for a full time position at an annual salary at $75,000 plus superannuation.
?
?
The Responsibilities
Select and purchase products to be sold across the store balancing quality and cost-effectiveness.
Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers from Australia, China, India.
Collaborate closely with store staff to understand store-specific needs and adjust stock accordingly.
Monitor competitor sales trends and adjust purchasing strategies to stay competitive.
Review sales feedback to make informed adjustments to our product offerings.
Ensure every category achieves sales targets and have fresh stock in the required time frame.
Replenishment, promotions, seasonal sales and margin adjustment when required.
Liaise with logistics to ensure the merchandise are in-housed on time.
Stock and Sales monitoring to check on shelf and in store product movement, plan reordering?and placing orders
Researching a range of products and selecting the items to ensure competitive pricing, launch of new products.
Receiving samples where required and getting management or customer feedback about the same.
Identifying and maintaining day to day contact and purchasing after negotiating the best price from suppliers / traders / wholesalers/ distributors
Ensuring Point of sale promotions and continuous update of specials & other stock prices
Supervising the setup of products' display in aisles and guiding the filling staff to do it in right way.
Ensuring that the overall activities are carried out within the budgets and resource allocations and are in accordance with organisational business objectives
Continuously updating the management on sales projections and participating in planning product and sales strategies
?
?
The requirements
Minimum 8 years’ experience in retail buying
Minimum 8 years’ experience in international sourcing, particularly from Asian markets.
Strong communication and negotiation skills, proven to manage supplier relationships.
Must have extensively travelled to Asian countries like China, India, Vietnam for sourcing the merchandise.
Excellent in numbers and forecasting knowledge and replenishment.
Managing categories and ensuring the new stock is available always for the customers in store.
Analytical skills to interpret sales data and make data-driven purchasing decisions.
Strong teamwork skills to work closely with store managers and other team members.
Demonstrated experience working in fast paced environment
The ability to prioritise workload and adapting to change in work requirements
