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Ref: OP065-40
Job description / Role
An exciting opportunity is now available for an Area Merchandiser to working for an International Retail company in Saudi Arabia.
The successful Area Merchandiser will be responsible for:
• Monitoring stock movements and analysing sales figures, trends, regional variations, customer requirements and purchasing behaviour to accurately forecast future sales and thus stock requirements
• Promoting special offers, promotions and sales
• Reducing slower selling lines
• Forecasting future sales and profit margins, generally using computer modelling software
• Planning budgets and presenting sales forecasts to managers
• Negotiating prices and orders with suppliers, and agreeing delivery terms
• Tracking the delivery of stock, ensuring goods arrive on time and meet quality standards
• Monitoring product sales activities and adjusting stock levels
• Setting prices and sales targets for individual stores
• Communicating special offers and marketing initiatives to retailers
• Helping visual merchandisers to plan store layouts to promote key lines
• Visiting suppliers and stores to see how products are selling
• Gathering information relating to customer reaction to products
• Accompanying buyers on visits to manufacturers to appreciate production processes
• Identifying production and supply difficulties and dealing with them as and when they occur
• Controlling stock levels based on forecasts for the season
• Managing, training and supervising staff
Requirements
The successful Area Merchandiser will require the following:
• 5 years experience as a Merchandiser
• Experience of buying and inventory control is essential
• Eligible to work in Saudi Arabia
Package:
• Competitive Salary
If this opportunity is of interest to you please apply online.
About the Company
Millar Cameron has over 15 years resource solutions experience, serving both the international and domestic recruitment market.
Our clients know they can rely on us to put forward only the most suitable candidates, we believe our requirement to placement ratio is second to none. We are renowned for our speed of response, in most instances being able to provide a ‘same day’ service from receipt of the brief to submission of relevant CV’s.
Our belief is that ‘prevention is better than intervention’ and strive hard to ensure we get the right person for the job. Our commitment doesn’t stop when a placement is agreed; we follow through with both parties to ensure everyone is satisfied. Such is our success rate that in an average year less than 3% of our candidates have to be replaced—a figure that is all the more significant when one considers the extremely challenging environments that many of our placements are in.