Procurement Manager

Argyll Scott

Doha, Qatar

Ref: QP183-214

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Procurement Manager - Qatar

Objectives: Responsible for assessment and purchasing of toys for retail sale. The incumbent is responsible for selecting the toys to be sold in the stores, and consequently the product assortment, product availability and competitive pricing. Leads market assessment and demand management analysis, responsible for contract negotiation and vendor management.

Main responsibilities:
- Responsible for sourcing and delivering a commercially successful range of toys
- Building and maintaining relationships with suppliers; sourcing new suppliers and negotiating terms of contract including price, quality, availability, rebates etc.
- Negotiate working relationships that maximise margin and minimise risk
- Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements
- Review and determine supplier fit with overall strategy on a annual basis and optimum routes to market for each category
- Predicting seasonal best sellers, core lines and future trends
- Completing regular competitor shops and market analysis reports
- Budget management for all category ranges
- Design, develop and implement the overall buying strategy for the company
- Agree and deliver forecasted sales, stock and profit targets in line with range plan, ensuring agreement with the General Manager
- Devise and utilize fruitful procurement and sourcing strategies
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services, finalizing purchase details of orders and deliveries

Requirements

- Degree
- 5 years experience in procurement and/or buying
- Ability to work in a fast paced high volume environment while under pressure
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Planning and organizing in order to meet deadlines
- Time management
- Results driven
- Ability to multi task
- Flexible and adaptable
- Problem solving skills
- Fluent English

About the Company

We recruit the very best talent for middle management positions across a range of functions and sectors. Think you've heard all that before? Read on.

We're here to make recruitment better. Better for our clients, our candidates and our own recruitment professionals.

We build relationships, not databases, and add real value that helps organisations and individuals grow. We are a team of functional and sector specialists delivering a genuinely consultative service that is underpinned by the depth of both our market knowledge and the client & candidate networks we have built.

Our clients love it. And as a result, we are one of the fastest-growing professional recruitment groups on the planet. Whether you're hiring or changing jobs yourself, you can't afford to get it wrong.

Argyll Scott will ensure you get it right.

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Procurement Manager salaries in Qatar

Average monthly compensation
QAR 24,500

Breakdown available for industries, cities and years of experience