Job Description
What you need to do
- Develop trade plans to grow sales and customer penetration into the category.
- Own the end to end buying and merchandising processes, ensuring the most profitable range is developed from the insights available.
- Work closely with the operations team and supply chain team to ensure problems are resolved while asking the right questions to find out issues and resolve them collectively.
- Identify customer preferences and forecast consumer trends.
- Discover and launch new products and review performance of products already in range.
What we are looking for
- A Degree in Business Management/Marketing and/or a Professional Qualification in CIMA/ ACCA/ CIM.
- Experience in the FMCG sector would be an added advantage.
- Outstanding communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Demonstrable aptitude in effective negotiating.
- Up to speed with buying best practices.
- Familiarity with market research, data analysis and forecasting techniques.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office.
If interested, please send your CV to careers.jms@keells.com within 10 days of the advertisement. Please mention the position you’re applying for in the subject header.
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The John Keells Group is an equal opportunity employer and we invite applications from all suitably qualified individuals to join our team.