Monster

Retail Buyer

FRS Recruitment

Limerick, Limerick

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Permanent
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Communication Skills, Consumer Packaged Goods, Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Reporting, Inventory Management, Investment Capital, Microsoft Excel, Organizational Skills, Performance Metrics, Pharmacy, Purchase Orders, Purchasing/Procurement, Retail, Retail Management, Revenue/Sales Reporting, Sales, Social Media, Special Offers, Vendor/Supplier Planning, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Website Management
LOCATION
Limerick, Limerick
POSTED
4 days ago

Pharmacy Retail Buyer - Limerick

The ideal candidate should have:
  • 3+ years of retail and purchasing experience.
  • Premium Brand cosmetic, sales or management experience
  • FMCG, cosmetics, or pharmacy experience is an advantage.
  • EPOS experience, Microsoft Excel proficiency and strong analytical skills.
  • Ability to understand and utilise financial data and KPIs.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritize their workload.
  • Strong communicator with the ability to communicate with all levels of the business.
  • Ability to generate ideas and market the same.
  • Energetic, enthusiastic and not afraid of hard work.

Main role responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Support the store managers of the pharmacies with their day-to-day Operations.
  • Managing purchase orders and stock control for the premium fragrance and cosmetic houses.
  • Review stock levels weekly to formulate orders for suppliers or to arrange transfers between branches, as appropriate.
  • Management of stockholdings, including overstock, out-of-stock and seasonal variations, with consideration given to minimisation of working capital investment, individual store needs and slow-moving stock across the group for sundry toiletries.
  • Maximise margin while maintaining competitiveness.
  • Ongoing maintenance of the EPOS stock file, including setting up products, suppliers, cost price, selling price, and margin (shared duty).
  • Generation and issuing of reports to management, including; sales reports, margin reports, month-end reports, stock holding and ad-hoc reports.
  • Coordinate with suppliers to organise promotional activity, including in-store promotions and Customer Days.
  • Source and coordinate special offers and stock for monthly promotional activity.
  • Coordinate relevant monthly promotional material and communication of in-store promotions to ensure continuity across the group (shared duty).
  • Coordinate with our online Social Media activity and relevant website updates (shared duty).
  • Agree and review Cosmetic Sales targets per store/clerk.
  • Develop close relationships with Suppliers and internal stakeholders such as Management & Finance teams.
  • Effectively communicate with store managers and staff members.
  • Looking for efficiencies in existing systems and processes.
  • Keeping up to date with trends and competitors in the marketplace.

For more information, please apply here.

Store Manager, Pharmacy Manager, Buyer, Merchandiser, Manager, Limerick

About the Company

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FRS Recruitment

INDUSTRY
Retail