Foschini Group Sales / Marketing / Retail Jobs in Gauteng
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Are you a dynamic, innovative and creative individual?
Do you have experience in buying or a related field and have strong business acumen?
If you would like the opportunity to join a dynamic team, then this is the ideal position for you!
Responsibilities:
- Sourcing and developing new merchandise, as well as reviewing existing merchandise, in order to ensure the product offering remains competitive
- By fully understanding the customers’ needs, this person must be able to maximise profits and provide a commercially viable range of merchandise at competitive prices
- Negotiate effectively
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- Build and maintain good relationships with staff, suppliers and key functions in the business
- Think in terms of the "big picture" as well as consider specifics and detail
- Assess complex situations and implement workable solutions
- Communicate effectively at all level
- Understanding business trends and target markets
- Strategically influencing product and assortment/range planning, based on historical and forecasted information
- Being able to critically analyse and evaluate data in order to make strategic business decisions, which affect turnover and business growth
- Product development
Requirements:
- A proven track record in buying
- Contributed to growth/profit through innovative and creative ideas
- Good working knowledge of the current computer software packages (knowledge of Excel, Word, E-mail & PowerPoint)
- Experience in sourcing from various sources and countries
- Strong presentation skills
- 3+ years experience in a similar role
- Product development and international sourcing experience
- Works independently
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Competencies and behaviours for success:
- A passion for homeware
- High levels of creativity
- An entrepreneurial, merchant-style of thinking
- Excellent organisational skills
- Uncompromising negotiation skills
- Good analytical skills and high attention to detail