Department Manager - Merchandising (Pharmacy/ Personal Care)

• Responsible for planning and selecting a range of Commercial – Pharmacy/ Personal Care Products to sell.​
• Set up all plan to achieve sale and plan other income​.
• Manage and control budget to allocate as each supplier​.
• Assessing the customer demand, including price, quality and availability. ​
• To capture, analyze, and predict the future market trends; and ready to change in demand. ​
• To realize the store policy, and implemented. ​
• To always evaluate for company financial budgets towards Commercial – Pharmacy/ Personal Care Products and policies​.
• Be able to maximize profits at competitive prices via bench marking with rivals. ​
• Ensures that products being developed match or better quality than benchmarks and priced lower than the benchmark according to brand positioning​.
• To understand the Commercial – Pharmacy/ Personal Care Products season, popularity and product time manner.​
• Regularly reviewing performance indicators, such as sales and discount levels​.
• Managing plans for stock levels​.
• Reacting to changes in demand and logistics​​.
• Meeting suppliers and negotiating terms of contract.
• Maintaining relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for future.
• Participating in promotional activities and understanding the customer needs.
• Writing reports and forecasting sales levels; and presenting to Senior Commercial Manager.
• Training and mentoring junior staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, international business administration or any related field. ​
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in sourcing orbuying experience in Pharmacy/ Personal Care Products. ​
• Team Leader, Possess sound leadership skills and be able to lead a merchandising team​.
• Strong negotiation skills and good sense of Merchandising and Commercial​.
• Initiative, proactive, positive thinking and can-do attitude.​
• Multitask, quick response and can work under pressure​.
• Resulted and details oriented​.
• Good command of English​.
• Excellent in computer usage of MS Office.