
Website Woolworths
Job Description:
Responsible for the execution of the Horti strategy. Co-ordinates the delivery of the category strategy to deliver sustainable profitable growth and operational excellence
Job Responsibilities:
- Facilitate team direction and pace to effectively deliver KPIs
- Mentor and support the development of Buyers Assistants
- Deliver against operational excellence and KPIs for the department
- Monitor and interpret industry and international trends (doing both local and international benchmarking)
- Focuses on medium term sustainable market share growth
- Co-ordinates matrix team to effectively deliver KPIs
- Support the co-ordination of the matrix team in order to deliver the category strategy
- Analyse and interpret market and sales data to develop tactical plans to drive the desired outcome
- Assist team in navigating through obstacles
- Ensures the delivery of sustainable growth for category level
- Develop and execute category strategy to ensure delivery of operational excellence
- Formulate category plans with suppliers
Job Requirements:
- Strong understanding of global & seasonal trends relating to colour / décor & homeware
- Consistently makes logical deductions from given information and uses these to transform the department
- Proactive & Innovative with a continuous improvement mindset
- Consistently anticipates potential obstacles and identifies project risks that may impact the accomplishment of project deadlines and delivery and escalates these risks where appropriate
- Has an intimate understanding of who the customer is and the ability to view the world through their eyes
- Consistently drives the creation and development of products, services, and experiences that are convenient and innovative for our customers
- Is able to consistently convey information clearly and confidently when interacting with teams
Qualification & Experience:
- Strong negotiation and financial management skills
- Proven sourcing and supplier management experience.
- B Tertiary diploma/degree
- Minimum 3-5 years Buying/Retail experience
- Commercial skills & experience within the Horticulture industry knowledge of store operations, customer profiles, locations & competitors
Job Details:
Company: Woolworths
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, SA
Application Deadline: N/A
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