Vendor Manager ( Riyadh )
Sary, Saudi Arabia

• Conducting research on available vendors to determine which vendors offer the best pricing and product quality.
• establish standards and guidelines for vendors, monitoring vendors to ensure these policies are being followed.
• Troubleshoot all vendor problems and present to management as required.
• Help and coordinate vendor processes and methods to approve vendors.
• Coordinate all vendor management tasks inclusive of working with external vendors and internal employees.
• Identify and implement continuously enhance efficiencies associated with vendor management plus produce fulfillment.
• Developing and sustaining long-standing relationships with company-approved vendors.
• Vendor managers conduct interviews and meetings with new vendors.
• Meeting with suitable vendors to assess their products, inquire about their services, negotiate pricing, and communicate any product or service-related concerns.
• Support to explore expansion across new business lines.
• Vendor managers monitor sales trends, noting which items are selling faster than others, and write reports displaying this data.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or any related field.
• +3 years of experience withing FMCG retail space.
• Excellent business judgment with strong written and oral communication skills.
• High threshold for working in an ambiguous, fast pacing environment.
• Excellent managing vendor service level and support agreements
• Strong methodical, detailed, and quality approach

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