Purchase Officer

Role & responsibilities

Inventory Management & Ordering

• Analyze sales reports (top-selling, slow-moving, and zero-sale SKUs) to place accurate purchase orders and maximize space utilization.
• Coordinate with HO to finalize Order Levels (OL) and Order Quantities (OQ).
• Prepare vendor supply schedules and plan dispatches to support smooth inventory stock takes.

Store Floor & Merchandising Execution

• Conduct regular floor walks with store operations to ensure product availability, visibility, timely refilling, proper displays, and correct price boards.
• Share inventory data with operations (system stock vs. physical stock) to minimize pilferage.
• Interact with store staff to communicate updates and enable smooth execution.

Vendor Negotiation & Relationships

• Negotiate schemes, trade offers, discounts, and debit note settlements with suppliers.
• Build strong vendor relationships to secure priority service and timely market updates.
• Determine consumer selling prices in accordance with margin guidelines.

Promoter & Staff Operations

• Negotiate with vendors for brand promoter deployments on the store floor.
• Monitor daily promoter attendance, conduct weekly briefings, and guide floor staff to ensure operational efficiency.

Competitor Benchmarking & Support

• Conduct weekly benchmarking visits to local competitor stores to compare pricing, product displays, and overall range.
• Coordinate with company representatives to resolve customer complaints promptly.
• Track Payment Non-Movement (PNM) cases to ensure timely vendor payouts.
• Maintain operational registers to guarantee 100% compliance during process audits.

Preferred candidate profile

• Education:

  Any degree

• Experience:

  3+ years in FMGC general trade experience with strong negotiation and analytical skills . Average Stability should be 1.5 years

• Key Skills:

* Has good product knowledge and flair for negotiation Skills.

* Should be good at Listening, Written Communication

* Has good computer skills & should be sincere & hardworking

* Should be good at planning, Exhibits analytical skills.

* Should be strong with monitoring, followup & implementation.

* Has good coordination skills and can take decisions in challenging situations.

Interested candidates share your resume to hrd.roap@dmartindia.com