Category Officer / Purchase Officer / Purchase Executive
Circle K
Total years of experience :6 years, 3 Months
DUTIES PERFORMED (Convenience Arabia L.L.C (CircleK))
Purchase Officer (Completed Probation 16Nov 2015 till Date)
Periodically Supplier Evaluation / Analysis
Category Management
Annual Trade Agreement (BDA)
New Listing Meeting / Presentations
Listing Delisting Products (Regularly reviewing performance indicators, such as sales and discount levels)
Finalizing Category Budget
Analyzing consumer buying patterns and predicting future trends,
Managing plans for stock levels,
Writing reports and forecasting sales levels
DUTIES PERFORMED (Convenience Arabia L.L.C (CircleK)
Purchase Executive till 15 Nov 2015
• Worked on Store Layout accordingly Designed and suggested new display(Planograms) ideas to improve accessibility to merchandise, Which increased sales Resolved product issues and shared benefits
• Recommended, selected and helped locate merchandise based on customer needs and desires
• Taking care for BD Agreements and review for monthly.
• Creating manually delivery reports for more than 150 Suppliers & discussing with individual supplier how to come over the issue to avoid non delivered Products Margin,
• Monitoring daily branch wise sales and GP calculating.
• To avoid excess stock informing supplier about the stock movement & reducing returns, Wastages
• Preparing comparison statement of monthly and yearly sales
• Maintain accurate Product master creation, supplier/vendor creation, preparing inventory report,
• Reports to management about the performance on monthly activities.
• Making price amendments as per request by the Buyer, Preparation, follow-ups and maintaining of supplies contract and agreements.
• Control of stock levels, stock turnover, ageing, monitoring margins.
• Making a monthly summary report of shelf rental, display and listing details, Also Coordinating to Area Coordinator to follow & get monthly feedback on same
• Maintaining good relationship with existing suppliers through proper monitoring of agreements and related issues.
• Coordinate to the Accounts department for timely payment to the suppliers.
• Assist with creation of flyers, special event notices, tickets, press releases etc. (Marketing)
• Assist with all promotional activities. (Marketing / Purchasing)
• With Understanding the situation of Low Avaiblity & Out of Stock Situations trying to resolve it to avoid operations issue.
DUTIES PERFORMED
❖ Under the general direction, Provides administration to store managers to maximize the sales
❖ Clear definition on stock loss to reduce
❖ Inventory control accounts receivable and payable functions
❖ Monitoring of goods receipt notes, credit notes, purchase returns, L.P.O and L.P.A etc
❖ Trouble shooting at POS (point of sale)
❖ Preparation of daily sales statement / monthly reports
❖ Receiving & distributing local and imported items, providing reports to management with regards to purchase/sales/brand/payment details etc. as in up to date manner
❖ Checking invoices and process for payments to head office through centralized system
❖ Negotiating and finalizing with the local suppliers for delivery
❖ Maintaining up-to-date stock levels of import & local lines
❖ Updating products availability for day to day requirements
❖ Monitoring and controlling half yearly stock taking
CPPM MODULES Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, Supply chain Management
CPP Modules Introduction to purchasing, Procurement Planning, Procurement Methods, Negotiations, Contacts, Purchasing strategies, Purchasing Management, International Sourcing, Solicitation, Supplier Ratings & Sources of supply
• Knowledge in programming languages (VB,C,CPP,HTML,JAVA)
o Module 1 – Management Organizations at work, Principles of Accounting & Finance, Team Building & Motivation, Computing Skills, Business Environment o Module 2 – Retail Principles of Retailing, Cost management in Retail, Inventory & Operations Management, Principles of selling & Customer Service, Hands-on with retail software o Module 3 – Soft Skills Managing self, Communication skills, Business & Social Etiquette, Language skills