Category Supervisor - Medicine Team

Job Description

Handle Key Supplier/ Manu (Top 80% & Top 50%) as allocated by Medicine Head and all vendors of Junior Buyers

Responsible for TTA Management

•Target planning & Finalization (SI / SO Growth) with clear understanding on rationale of growth (Vs company, vs market). To prepare a quarterly update on each SKU/Vendor and provide insights on market vs chain growth vs PMC growth in the SKU and category.

•Negotiate Trade & Non Trade investment according to SI target annually per supplier & on-top investment based on performance/ request

•Follow up closely with supplier/Brand on YTD performance for Trade & Non Trade investment (Contract management, Execution collaboration with crossed function team, Learnings highlights etc)

•Responsible for trade activities and brand activation investments for their Top 50% vendor and all vendors. To deliver cross functional collaboration on activities with Medicine Head and Junior Director. Update with 100% Accuracy/ Delivery on signed TTA terms.

Product Management

•Responsible for weekly stock status tracking (Fill-rate & Lost sales) for their suppliers and ensure all Junior Buyers follow requirements.

•To deliver 99% accuracy in results. To be trained for 3 weeks after which independently responsible for management of people, and key tasks for assigned to Junior Buyers and personal tasks and KPIs as ascribed by Head of Medicine

•Update/ tracking on Pricing Change – Purchase price & RSP, Expiry tracking. Require 99% accuracy from own work and that of all reporting Junior Buyers

•Weekly stock status tracking (Fill-rate & Lost sales & SO trend) for their own vendors and those of all Junior Buyers

•Responsible for PO placement in coordination with DP and Junior Director. To report to Medicine Head on all PO and quantity to be placed for final approval.

•Responsible for ensuring product stock up before OOS. Require 95% accuracy for tail SKU and 100% accuracy for key SKU of their own suppliers and those of all Junior Buyers

•Responsible for all suggestions to replace OOS immediately after any product of their vendor goes OOS. Requires cross functional coordination and stock up of SKU replacement from any vendor

•Responsible for suggestion of NPL to for their vendors & able to source NPL upon allocation with >90% successful rate

•Responsible for proposing RSP for each of their products. To deliver 100% competitiveness with LC and growth of 30% annually for their SKUs.

•Responsible for vendor negotiation on lowering purchase price and margin expansion with Junior Director and Head of Medicine. Ensure PMC does not have any negative margin product.

•Responsible for negotiating returns of product, replacement of product and return of faulty products as requested by store

People Management

•Able to allocate task & guidance for Junior buyer with alignment with Junior Director & Medicine Head

•Ensuring the accuracy & timely execution / follow up of KPIs responsible by Junior Buyer

•Ensure 90% retention rate of team under them and responsible for career development for each member of the team including suggestion of promotion, compensation changes and retention mechanism for their team

•Adhoc Project/ workstream ownership: Supporting Cat Management (Medicine Head & CAT junior director) with routine workstream if request

Job Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Business, Commercial, Economics
• Good at English (writing, reading, speaking, listening)
• MS. Office (word, excel, power-point)
• Minimum 4 years’ working experience in Retail merchandising or pharmacy. 
• Wide knowledge of merchandising and relationship in supply chain.
• Quick learning, willing to take up challenges.
• Outstanding communication and negotiation skills.
• Able to work independently, possess a high level of responsibility and commitment.