[CENTRAL RETAIL] Senior Buyer

Sourcing:

• Sourcing and negociating matching suppliers and product ranges from buyer's briefs received from the BU Merchandise/Category team.
• Improving and respect Central standards, rules, timelines and SOP.
• Presenting sourcing work and analysis for selection to n+1.
• Being proactive in proposing new, trendy products and opportunities to BU buyers.
• Taking care of the administrive part of the buying act (legal documents and IT system requirement for ordering and paying).
• Maintaining and uploading supplier, factory & product updated information.
• Monitoring riks in daily job, and escalating to sourcing team leader if any potential risks.
• Maintaining and uploading supplier, factory & product information.
• Preparing buying trips and meetings with our Supplier partners.
• Visit the supplier’s factories and show-rooms.
• Respect quality requirements
• Identifying and maintaining active dialogue with new suppliers and our high risk or sole suppliers in each sub-category with the backup plan in place.

Offering – Negotiation:

• Working wisely and collaboratively with suppliers in order to achieve the best cost prices and the best terms and conditions for Central.
• Partnering with Suppliers to understand their capability and support the delivery of BU commercial margin goals.
• Day to day contact with our Supplier partners to ensure PI’s production timeline and CRD is respected.
• Engaging and communicating with our suppliers, to identify and source new opportunity to improve product, range and annual KPIs.
• Requesting for quotation. Negociate the most favorable terms and conditions with suppliers.
• Proposing competitive sourcing solutions to merchandisers aligned with purchase order annual plan.
• Preparing and follow up the offers with buyers until receiving order confirmations.

Ordering:

• Handling all the administrative work until payment follow-up.
• Keeping up-to-dated the online Ordering Shipment Tracking (OST) file.
• Monitoring the completion of orders, shipment to arrival with suppliers and other departments.
• Anticipating, solving and escalating problems during order processing when occurring.

Coordination:

• Working together with the team members to achieve common goals.
• Coordinating between suppliers and customers to achieve best solution for all parties involved.
• Coordinating with team members and internal departments for relevant issues or changes.
• Reporting business activity, progress and status, and record them by using assigned applications/ systems.
• Managing issues or problems, and escalating them to his/her manager/ superior with solutions proposal.

• Human relationship, leadership

• Working closely with the sourcing team co-workers and other BU teams
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.
• Living our values, respecting other colleague’s views and cultural differences, helping to create a great place to work.
• Collaborating internally and externally to foster efficient and effective working relationships.
• Grading subordinates performance.

Education: Bachelor degree or above 

Seniority: At least 2 years experience in relevant area concerning international trading or organization, import-export. Previously worked in well-known retail, sourcing companies, trading or buying offices.

Special product: Toy, DIY, Householde, Home Decor

• Rigorous, honest, good team-work spirit.

Languages: Vietnamese native, Good at writing and speaking English. Good commend of verbal Madarin is a plus.

Computers skills: Good computer skills (Microsoft office 365, etc.)