Job For Merchandizer In A Fast Growing Pharmaceutical Company

Fadac Resources and Services - Our client is a fast growing Pharmaceutical company into distribution of Nutraceuticals and household items. Due to expansion, they are in need of suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:     Job Title: Merchandizer Location: Lagos Job Descriptions

• Meeting with suppliers and managing the distribution of stock, by negotiating cost prices, ordering stock, agreeing timescales and delivery dates and completing the necessary paperwork
• Working closely with buyers and other merchandisers to plan product ranges
• Managing budgets
• Predicting sales and profits
• Negotiating quantities and delivery time-scales
• Handling supply/production problems as they arise
• Setting stock promotions/price reductions as appropriate
• Assessing sales performance of different ranges
• Liaising with buyers, analysts, stores, suppliers and distributors
• Maintaining a comprehensive library of appropriate data
• Working closely with visual-display staff and department heads to decide how goods should be displayed to maximize sales
• Maintaining awareness of competitors' performance
• Monitoring slow sellers and taking action to reduce prices or set promotions as necessary
• Gathering information on customers' reactions to products
• Analyzing the previous season's sales and reporting on the current season's lines
• Making financial presentations to senior managers
• Accompanying buyers on visits to manufacturers to appreciate production processes

• O.N.D in Marketing or any Social Sciences
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Commercial awareness
• Confidence
• Able to cope with pressure
• Team working skills