Assistant Category Manager
The Sultan Center
Total years of experience :19 years, 7 Months
• Verifies purchase requisitions by comparing items requested to master list; clarifying unclear items; recommending alternatives.
• Forwards available inventory items by verifying stock; scheduling delivery.
• Prepares purchase orders by verifying specifications and price; obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute items; obtaining approval from requisitioning department.
• Obtains purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers; monitoring and expediting orders.
• Verifies receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered; resolves shipments in error with suppliers.
• Authorizes payment for purchases by forwarding receiving documentation.
• Provides purchasing planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Assess supplier profiles and analyse offers.
• Prepare and implement effective negotiation tactics.
• Review supplies to ensure quality.
• Implement improvement processes and systems to reduce inventory, minimize costs and maximize working capital.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of the stock management system.
• Prepare and modify documents including correspondence, reports, drafts, memos and emails, prepare written responses to routine enquiries
• Sales forecasting based on the movement of monthly sales & ordering the quantity
• Estimated cost of materials calculating, sales pricing fixing.
• Marginal analyzing of working materials.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of the stock management system.
• Creates and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, recordkeeping systems, forms control, office layout, and budgetary and personnel requirements; implementing changes.
• Managing all the sales related activity of the company.
• Writing up accurate and grammatically correct sales correspondence.
• Tracking sales orders to ensure that they are scheduled and sent out on time.
• Carrying out administrative tasks such as data input, processing information, completing paperwork and filing documents.
• Speaking with customers using clear and professional language.
• Resolving any sales related issues with customers.
• Completing the administrative needs of the Sales Department.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of staff
• Interview job applicants
• Administer salaries and determine leave entitlements, be involved in staff training and development, preparation of job descriptions, staff assessments and promotions
• Prepare annual estimates of expenditure, maintain budgetary and inventory controls and make recommendations to management
• Maintain management information systems (manual or computerized)
• Working with spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledgers and journals.
• Preparing statutory accounts.
• Calculating and checking to make sure payments, amounts and records are correct.
• Sorting out incoming and outgoing daily post and answering any queries.
• Managing petty cash transactions.
• Controlling credit and chasing debt.
• Reconciling finance accounts and direct debits.
• Assist in daily accounting & administration operation in the company
• Perform general duties such as invoicing and documentation