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Job description / Role
Key responsibilities:
The Buyers responsibilities are detailed extensively under the following headings: Sales, Merchandising & Display, Stock, Supplier Relations, Policies & Procedures, Security, and General.
Sales
- Ensuring correct Retail pricing structure to secure the budgeted Profit Margins.
- Liaise with suppliers to ensure the latest products are available at Muscat Duty Free prior to the local market
- Develop detailed knowledge of competition in the local market, while also analysing and studying competition within the region at other airports.
- Studying stock reports, margin analysis, sales reports, accounts statements and passenger statistics and recommending appropriate action
- Spending a specified number of hours per week on the shop-floor as per senior management’s instructions.
- Visiting the warehouse to monitor physical stock levels and liaising with the warehouse manager on deliveries and stock problems.
Merchandising and Display
- The Buying team will conduct periodic product review studies to analyse the performance of each range of merchandise, comparing the sales results as follows:
- Locating new ranges of merchandise with a view to improving existing sections and starting new departments while ensuring budget margins are maintained or enhanced.
- Representing the company on buying trips to various fairs and exhibitions, as may be requested by Senior Management
- Ensure that suppliers provide all necessary support material and training in order to ensure the image of Muscat Duty Free is maintained.
- Ensure that all Light boxes are sold and space rented in your area and that the Finance Department have invoiced for same.
Stock
- Planning the best stock investment levels so as to achieve the acceptable stock turn rates as advised by Senior Management.
- Ensure adequate stock levels are maintained at all times to support the sales of the business. While also taking into consideration the lead times from source for the manufacturing, shipping & customs clearance.
- A high degree of product quality control will be implemented to ensure that each item of merchandise meets the specifications given e.g. packaging, expiry date, instructions.
- When changing item master (change PLU’s among concession categories), ensure that the financial effect on the concession fee and net margins are considered and any such change should be informed to Finance division through an e-mail.
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree with 2-3 years of relevant experience
About the Company
Oman Air, the flagship company of the Sultanate of Oman's Civil Aviation sector, commenced operations in 1993. Starting off as a regional player, Oman Air, as Oman's national carrier has witnessed rapid growth in the last 14 years. Oman Air has played a major role in making Muscat a major traffic hub in the Middle East providing a fillip to commercial, industrial and tourism activities.
As a full-fledged commercial airline of Oman, Oman Air has striven to maintain high performance standards in all aspects of its operation. The Oman International Services was established in the year 1970 & later Oman Aviation Services was founded on 1981 to extend services to the other airlines in terms of cargo handling, ground handling etc.
The Oman Air fleet consists of most modern and fuel- efficient aircraft with aesthetically designed interiors. Ultra- modern in-flight service equipment is deployed onboard to improve safety and overall performance. Investment in new technology, planning and product innovation has propelled Oman Air to the forefront of the aviation industry.