category assistant

Objective

Responsible for ordering of stock and managing stock levels. Works with operations to assist in building sales and optimize stock holding costs. Responsible to identify and execute cost savings opportunities. Responsible for product management by analysing stock movement and reducing slow moving stocks.

Category Assistant Job Duties:

• Use proper replenishment ordering practices and processes to ensure optimized stock levels for fast moving products.
• Reduce slow moving inventory.
• Manages suppliers to negotiate and resolve performance issues.
• Monitors product costs to ensure within allowable ratio.
• Tracks sales for respective category and analyses sales trends with objective to build sales.
• Monitors supplier performance metrics, tracks and evaluates replenishment results, and works with suppliers to improve performance.
• Communicates with suppliers concerning required products, volume, timing, cost...