Product Merchandising Manager Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Product Merchandising Manager to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies across all business;
- Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers;
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking;
- Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes;
- Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency;
- Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending;
- Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals;
- Determine quantity and timing of deliveries;
- Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers;
- Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure;
- Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques.
Requirements:
- Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement;
- Solid judgement with ability to make good decisions;
- Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data;
- Minimum 6 years working experience; Chinese literate; able to travel; experience in printing or gifting company advantage;
- Strong project management and leadership skills;
- Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships;
- Proven work experience as a sourcing manager or procurement manager;
- Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software;
- BSc degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration.