A leading retail company situated in Cape Town is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Category Buyer to join their team.

The successful incumbent for this position will be responsible for:

Negotiation

• Understands negotiating position, key drivers, and desired outcomes; develops and presents factual, rational, and compelling arguments to build support and gain commitment from other parties;
• Understands when to engage in counter-negotiations to reach win-win outcomes
• Manages disagreements and conflicts by using diplomacy and controlling emotions;
• Anticipates negotiating roadblocks and objections

Category Strategy

• Uses Category internal and external data to develop and recommend business strategies that target category-specific growth
• Evaluates merchandising plans and their business impact;
• Makes recommendations for modifying plans based on findin...