Merchandise Manager - Commercial Non Food

Siam Makro (Suan Luang district, Bangkok City, Thailand)

Bangkok, Thailand

Siam Makro Public Company Limited was established in 1988 with investment capital of 750 million baht, to operate the member-based wholesale center, under the name “Makro”. Makro has continuously expands our branches to provide a wide range and assortment of product, to our professional members and business operators nationwide, including retailers, restaurants, catering businesses, service business operators, government agencies, education institutions and other business operators.

About this position

The Merchandise Manager - Commercial Non Food is responsible for planning, selecting, and managing the Non Food product range for retail outlets, ensuring alignment with market trends and customer demands while maximizing profits.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning and selecting a range Non Food to sell in retail outlets
• Set up all plan to achieve sale and plan other income
• Manage and control budget to allocate as each supplier
• Assessing the customer demand, including price, quality and availability
• To capture, analyze, and predict the future market trends; and ready to change in demand
• To realize the store policy, and implemented
• To always evaluate for company financial budgets towards Non Food / Non Food Department and policies
• Be able to maximize profits at competitive prices via bench marking with rivals
• Ensures that products being developed match or better quality than benchmarks and priced lower than the benchmark according to brand positioning
• To understand products season (Non Food), popularity and product time manner.
• Regularly reviewing performance indicators, such as sales and discount levels
• Managing plans for stock levels
• Reacting to changes in demand and logistics
• Meeting suppliers and negotiating terms of contract
• Maintaining relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for future
• Participating in promotional activities and understanding the customer needs
• Writing reports and forecasting sales levels; and presenting to Senior Commercial Manager
• Liaising with shop personnel to ensure supply meets demand
• Training and mentoring junior staffs

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in marketing, international business administration or any related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experiences in sourcing or buying experience in Non Food product assortments
• Team Leader, Possess sound leadership skill and be able to lead a merchandising team
• Strong negotiation skill and good sense of Merchandising and commercial
• Initiative, proactive, positive thinking and can do attitude
• Multitask, quick response and can work under pressure
• Resulted and details oriented
• Good command of English
• Excellent in computer usage of MS Office