Buyer

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About the role Join Shoprite as a Buyer TRPH, specialising in pharmaceutical and healthcare product procurement, where your expertise in demand analysis, supplier evaluation, and cost optimisation will drive strategic buying decisions within a dynamic wholesale and distribution environment. Leveraging advanced category management, inventory coordination, and supplier performance analysis skills, you will proactively manage supply risks, resolve stock challenges, and enhance service levels across a diverse product portfolio. This mid-level role offers the opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally with operations, finance, and customer-facing teams, ensuring compliant procurement practices and reliable supply chain execution. Embrace a career at a leading retail group known for innovation, market leadership, and commitment to professional development within a fast-paced, growth-oriented setting. What you'll do - Analyse product availability, pricing trends, supplier engagement, and category insights to ensure competitiveness within the pharmaceutical wholesale sector. - Evaluate and categorise the product portfolio to recommend appropriate range coverage aligned with customer demand, branch requirements, supplier capabilities, and the company's commercial strategy. - Monitor cost and selling prices to optimise margins, affordability, competitiveness, and service delivery across the product range. - Support supplier negotiations by analysing pricing data, validating assumptions, and proposing commercially viable pricing strategies. - Review promotional lines and pricing structures to facilitate effective advertising campaigns and promotional activities. - Investigate and resolve stock level issues across branches and distribution centres by monitoring price movements, supplier lead times, shortages, and demand fluctuations. - Analyse product gaps and market trends to recommend profitable sourcing decisions and support supply continuity. - Collaborate with suppliers, inventory, distribution, and operations teams to enhance the end-to-end supply chain process and maintain optimal product flow and service levels. - Recommend practical merchandising layouts that align with consumer purchasing patterns and operational needs. What you bring - Degree or Diploma in Business, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, or a related field (essential). - Minimum of 5 years' experience in buying, procurement, or sourcing roles within pharmaceutical, healthcare, wholesale, distribution, or commercial trading environments (essential). - Proven expertise in sourcing and supplier management, including experience with complex vendor and supplier negotiations (essential). - Strong understanding of supply chain principles, processes, and systems (essential). - Comprehensive knowledge of factors influencing product cost and pricing strategies (essential). - Demonstrated commercial acumen with an understanding of financial trade-offs in category sales (essential). - Familiarity with the pharmaceutical wholesale value chain, distribution environments, and profitability drivers (essential). - Advanced proficiency in MS Office 365, with high-level skills in Microsoft Excel (essential). - Exceptional analytical and numerical skills, capable of interpreting complex data to support informed buying decisions. - Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.