Purchasing Supervisor

MR.DIY first opened its doors in July 2005 as a small hardware store on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Today, with more than 4000 stores worldwide, MR.DIY has expanded its store network in Europe for the first time with Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, India, Spain and now Turkey is the most widespread Construction Market and It aims to become one of the Home Goods retailers.

Most MR.DIY stores encompass about average 10,000 square feet per store, providing a comfortable and wholesome family shopping experience. MR.DIY serves more than 188 million customers yearly at all its stores worldwide.

MR.DIY stores offer a wide selection of — approximately 18,000 SKUs — across 5 major categories, namely hardware; household and furnishing; electrical; stationery and sports equipment products; and others (comprising amongst others toys, car accessories, jewellery, and cosmetics).

The company strives to always put customers first by operating an innovative business that is flexible when it comes to providing a wide variety of products, good quality, and value-for-money, holding true to the company motto: “ALWAYS LOW PRICES”.

PURCHASING SUPERVISOR

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from the department of Engineering or Economics and Administrative Sciences,
• 7+ years of experience in purchasing, especially in retail,
• Minimum 2 years of direct team management experience is required,
• Preferably experienced in household, toys, stationary and seasonal categories,
• Strong knowledge of retail purchasing processes, supplier management, pricing, and profitability,
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales, margin, inventory, and market data,
• Results-oriented mindset with strong commercial awareness,
• Proven experience in supplier negotiations and commercial terms management,
• Fluency in both written and spoken English,
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Eg. Excel, PowerPoint),
• Analytical thinking, problem solving and strong negotiation /communication skills,
• Self-disciplined and quick learner,
• Being teamwork-oriented,
• Strong follow-up skills,
• No restrictions for frequent supplier and warehouse visits and fairs.

Responsibilities:

• Continuously sourcing for new suppliers / manufacturers in the local region,
• Responsible for managing and developing direct reports, including coaching, and workload allocation,
• Manage the day-to-day activities and priorities of the direct,
• Attending fairs in order to track trends,looking for new products and new suppliers,
• Tracking and analyzing sales reports in order to review the products sales performance,
• Preparing new product proposals and price comparison by market surveys frequently in order to meet the number of the local SKU target of the country,
• Working closely with the suppliers and global team to review and manage the product range by following them up from the product selection until the delivery,
• Supporting the stores and warehouse in terms of local purchasing of the required products,
• Being in contact with global team for the purchasing processes,
• Attending regular meetings with the global team.