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The Buyer/ Category Manager assists Territory Managers (TMs) with the sales of Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FF&E) products by providing vendor costs, freight charges, lead time and contingencies that may impact returns. The Buyer negotiates vendor costs and lead times, return policies and payment and rebate procedures as well as releases orders to vendors, expedite orders and insures vendors meet shipping times, quality standards and quoted costs.
Responsibilities:
• Effectively manage the drop ship purchasing process to insure the supplier is priced competitively, meets negotiated lead times, insures quality standards and correct invoicing, and provides competitive freight costs for all Territory Manager orders approved and released by Buyer.
• Follow up on pricing, freight terms, lead times, availability and status of open orders.
• Coordinate product specifications and artwork (if applicable) between Company and vendors.
• Manage ongoing relationship with suppliers and communicate vendor pricing, lead times, new product releases, discontinued items, new hotel brand standards that impact the supplier and all other negotiated processes and procedures that support the TM’s ability to successfully sell suppliers’ products.
• Work with supplier, internal Accounting Department and sales and sales management to resolve issues on freight damages, requests for returns, and accounts payable discrepancies, as required for customer satisfaction.
• Expedite purchases orders to insure vendor receipt and delivery is within requested lead times.
• Set up and update item numbers in PeopleSoft to insure descriptions, costs and lead times are up to date and accurate.
• Create sales tools and provide training information to support TM sales via telephone, email, GSI-net and onsite training.
Job Details
| Date Posted: |
2017-10-03 |
| Job Location: |
Al Kuwait, Kuwait |
| Job Role: |
Purchasing and Procurement |
| Company Industry: |
Retail/Wholesale |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: |
Mid Career |
| Degree: |
Bachelor's degree |
Jobs in Kuwait - career in Kuwait - vacancies in Kuwait-Buyer / Category Manager (Home Furniture) - Abyat-Jobs in Kuwait - career in Kuwait - vacancies in Kuwait
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