Assistant Vendor Manager

Role & responsibilities

Be responsible for city specific selection for assigned categories after visiting the market and giving insights on the range that we should be having.

• Act as a central point for all the Vendor Managers at the HO and help them with the on the ground information
• Be responsible for alternate procurement of the assigned categories in the city as required.
• Do market research which will include - identifying top selling SKU in respective market, identifying unmet requirements of market, identifying sources of supply, and identifying and tracking price points for the major selling SKUs.
• Lead the vendor management for the categories assigned to you. This will include - identifying and onboarding suppliers, price negotiation, monthly reconciliations, and maintaining relationship with local vendors
• Setting system and process for the procurement of assigned categories and align quality and business operations team for smooth business transaction
• Checking quality at the origin in case of commodity categories and align miller to dispatch stocks as per the specification
• Analyzing market trend and taking short / long term position

Preferred candidate profile

Skills Required

Analyzing market trend, Act as a central point, Be responsible for alternate procurement, identifying sources of supply, identifying and tracking price point