Purchasing Manager (Agri) Job in Kilkenny Ireland
Key Responsibilities:
• To purchase goods to required specification and manage selling price to achieve desired overall margin and market share goals.
• To work on strategic partnerships to guarantee supply of required goods at lowest cost.
• To identify new sources of supply to deliver business objectives.
• To manage the tendering process of seasonal ranges.
• To undertake regular vendor rating and evaluation assessments to ensure best sources of supply.
• To ensure supplier management plan and process is managed tightly to deadlines on annual purchasing calendar.
• To work closely with relevant Category Managers to ensure best in class store merchandising.
• To work closely with the Marketing and Retail Operations teams.
• To maximise the utilisation of Assistant Purchasing Manager resource.
Experience and Attributes:
• 3rd level qualification in Purchasing or Business related subject.
• 3 - 5 years experience in a Purchasing role in the Agri sector.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Proven Negotiating skills and experience.
• Ability to use data statistics to solve problems and support strategy.
• Organisational skills.
• Financial analysis skills.
• SAP Business Warehouse expertise.
• Keen interest in farming activities.
Contact Elizabeth on 056 7775550 or email in confidence to ebrannigan@frsrecruitment.com