Senior Merchandiser (Housewares - Drinkware items)

Company description:

Lidl is a leading European food and retail company with over 12,000 stores worldwide. We have made a name for ourselves by delivering high-quality products at low prices. At Lidl & Kaufland Asia we are responsible for sourcing products that support Lidl's global operation. We handle every stage of the sourcing process: from insights and ideas through to realisation, production, quality assurance and delivery, we make sure that every product on a Lidl shelf can be trusted by our customers.

Our people and our business partners respect us for our responsible, ambitious, transparent and dynamic approach to growth. As we expand and harness the potential of new opportunities, we make sure we're at the forefront of design trends to ensure we deliver products our customers will love. By staying focused on quality, we provide our global customers with functional and beautifully formed products that reflect current consumer expectations, while remaining conscious of environmental and social impacts.

Job description:

Summary

Lidl & Kaufland Asia are hiring a Senior Merchandiser to join our merchandising housewares team. The successful candidate will be responsible for below task,

• Monitor the whole order process from end to end.
• Responsible for item in price and quality.
• Negotiation with suppliers to achieve the best possible price per item, in the department mar-gin targets as defined by headquarters.
• Be accountable for business measurability. This includes profitability, delivery performance and quality of the articles.

What you'll do

• Main contact point to the factories to coordinate the end-to-end process.
• Define right price and quality per item and generate best value for money for our cus-tomer.
• Contribute to the evaluation and monitor the factories for continuous improvement and business development.
• Work closely with the product development team on development and support the follow up on the sampling process.
• Manage quotations, price analysis and price negotiations with suppliers within the nego-tiation parameters set by headquarters.
• Help to manage the order allocation process within the department strategy and the set framework from headquarters.
• Monitors the end-to-end process and critical path management within the merchandising team and through day-to-day liaison with supply chain and supporting departments.
• Manage the ordering progress and provide problem solving wherever necessary.

What you'll need

• Tertiary level education.
• Merchandising experience.
• Technical (material) and process know how for the housewares - drinkware categories.
• Proficient in both spoken and written English & Mandarin is required for effective communication with China factories and German stakeholder.
• Strong negotiator with a commercial mindset.
• Proactively anticipate issues and provide problem solving wherever necessary.
• Works well under pressure, effectively handles conflict and demonstrates flexibility in work style to accommodate changing priorities and fixed deadlines.
• Problem solving skills, with the ability to seek advice when required.
• Proficient in MS Office (specifically Excel and Power Point).
• Willing to travel as required.

What you'll receive

We are dedicated to fostering a family-friendly culture and work environment and we are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates with the required skills and experience. We enable fair pay within the company by creating non-discriminatory salary systems.

Market Leading Remuneration Package:

• Double pay and discretionary bonus
• Choice of MPF provider
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance

Supportive Environment:

• Rental re-imbursement scheme
• Out-Of-Office leave for important appointments
• In-house training courses
• Training sponsorship scheme
• Health Check
• Vision Check

Work-Life Balance:

• 5 day week
• Competitive Annual Leave
• Charity, Community and Sporting Events