Current Vacancies at Hubmart Stores Limited

Hubmart Stores Limited is a retail shopping chain of Nigerian heritage, offering multi-format stores in various locations and positioned to offer customers world-class shopping experience as well as a vast range of products. Our unique value proposition lies in our excellent customer service as well as our superior capabilities in the fresh categories. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Category Buyer (Non-Food) Location: Lagos Job Description

• As the Grocery Non Food Category Buyer you are responsible for the pricing and overall promotion of a product category to maximize consumer appeal. Relationships with vendors and product range management will also be part of your duties.
• You must have excellent category manager must have extensive experience in understanding consumer needs and the retail environment. You must have a commercial mind-set and full comprehension of marketing and sales principles. Exceptional communication skills are also key for category managers.
• The goal is to increase sales and profitability of business to drive sustainable growth.

• Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends
• Devise long-term development strategies for product categories
• Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
• Foster trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
• Place appropriate orders to ensure product availability that meets consumer demands
• Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility
• Liaise with marketing teams to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category
• Collaborate with buyers and merchandisers to expand product categories
• Make forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory
• Assume responsibility of budget development and revenue for category
• Works closely with sales team to determine optimal pricing through analysis of sales trends, competitors, buying habits and planograms of products to promote sales opportunities.
• Leads a team that provides category insights and proposals by analyzing marketing and customer data and monitoring relevant market conditions.

• Listening skills
• Negotiation skills
• Good time management skills
• Project management skills
• Budget management skills
• Strategic awareness
• Networking skills at a senior level
• Analytical
• Creative
• Personable
• Research Oriented
• Professional demeanour
• Flexibility.

• Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends
• Devise long-term development strategies for product categories
• Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
• Foster trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
• Place appropriate orders to ensure product availability that meets consumer demands
• Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility
• Liaise with marketing teams to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category
• Collaborate with buyers and merchandisers to expand product categories
• Make forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory
• Assume responsibility of budget development and revenue for category
• Works closely with sales team to determine optimal pricing through analysis of sales trends, competitors, buying habits and planograms of products to promote sales opportunities.
• Leads a team that provides category insights and proposals by analyzing marketing and customer data and monitoring relevant market conditions.
• Coordinating the activities of the FRESH buying team
• Developing and maintaining a good working relationship with vendors
• Developing and providing the appropriate product mix for the execution of the organization's strategy
• Ensuring constant availability of products at the right quantity, quality, and prices
• Work with other departments (Operations, Finance, Marketing, IT) to drive sales growth for the FRESH category
• Drive customer footfalls and sales in the entire store by driving footfalls in the FRESH category section
• Installing processes for FRESH buying team activities

• Bachelor's degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field
• Minimum 4 years' experience in product or category management.

• Listening skills
• Negotiation skills
• Good time management skills
• Project management skills
• Budget management skills
• Strategic awareness
• Networking skills at a senior level
• Analytical
• Creative
• Personable
• Research Oriented
• Professional demeanour
• Flexibility