O’Sullivans Pharmacy Group are looking for an experienced Retail Buyer to join our Support Office team on O’Connell Avenue in Limerick City Centre. The successful candidate will have primary responsibility to support the management and operation of our three High Street stores, dealing with the premium skincare and fragrance houses, in addition to purchasing sundry & toiletry products for the Group.
The ideal candidate should have:
- 3+ years retail and purchasing experience.
- Premium Brand cosmetic, sales or management experience
- FMCG, Cosmetic or Pharmacy experience is an advantage.
- EPOS experience, Microsoft Excel proficiency and strong analytical skills.
- Ability to understand and utilize financial data and KPI’s.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize their own workload.
- Strong communicator with the ability to communicate with all levels of the business.
- Ability to generate ideas and market same.
- Energetic, enthusiastic and not afraid of hard work.
Main role responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Support the store managers of our three High Street Stores with their day to day Operations.
- Managing purchase orders and stock control for the premium fragrance and cosmetic houses.
- Review of stock levels on a weekly basis to formulate orders for suppliers or to arrange transfers between branches, as appropriate.
- Management of stockholdings, including overstock, out of stock and seasonal variations, with consideration given to minimization of working capital investment, individual store needs and slow moving stock across the group for sundry toiletries.
- Maximize margin while maintaining competitiveness.
- EPOS stock file maintenance on an ongoing basis, including; set up of products, suppliers, cost price, selling price and margin (shared duty).
- Generation and issuing of reports to management, including; sales reports, margin reports, month end reports, stock holding and ad-hoc reports.
- Coordinate with suppliers to organize promotional activity, including instore promotions and Customer Days.
- Source and coordinate special offers and stock for monthly promotional activity.
- Coordinate relevant monthly promotional material and communication of instore promotions to ensure continuity across the group (shared duty).
- Coordinate with our on line Social Media activity and relevant website updates (shared duty).
- Agree and review Cosmetic Sales targets per store/clerk.
- Develop close relationships with Suppliers and internal stakeholders such Management & Finance teams.
- Effectively communicate to store managers and staff members.
- Looking for efficiencies into existing systems and processes.
- Keeping up to date with trends and competitors in the market place.
Role specifications
- Full time Permanent 37.5 hour contract
- Salary Range: DOE
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
