Merchandising Operations Supervisor

2 days ago

Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines Linkage Foods Ventures Corporation Full-time ₱520,000 - ₱680,000 Contract

Job description:

The Merchandising Operations Supervisor will oversee the overall Merchandising Operations Department handling the merchandisers, coordinators, and back-end teams in ensuring that retail fundamentals and KPIs are met while developing a motivated team and helping to grow the Retail sales channel.

Responsibilities

  • People Management - Mentorship and development of the entire team to maximize their potential and keep them motivated in their duties and responsibilities.

  • Policy and Process Management - Strategy, implementation, and enforcement of in-store merchandising requirements, policies, and processes to ensure retail standards are met. Assessing, proposing, and improving these processes to maximize efficiency, productivity, and sales-generating activities

  • Manpower Recruitment - Working with our merchandising agency to ensure that merchandisers and coordinators are recruited in a timely manner and deployed to stores in the most optimal way.

  • Manpower Retention - Working with our merchandising agency and internal team to ensure that our merchandisers and coordinators are retained, trained, motivated, equipped, and incentivized to work while ensuring quality of work.

  • Quality Assurance - ensuring that retail fundamentals of each brand and category are met, including implementation of planograms, marketing initiatives, and optimized product placement.

  • On-ground/field Check - Conducting comprehensive trade visits to ensure quality of execution and spotting of opportunities on trade.

  • Data Analysis - Analyzing sales data (topline sales, returns, etc.) in relation to KPIs of each member of the team.

Scope

  • Total Company - All products and categories we play in

Objectives / Key Outcomes

  • Maximizing on shelf availability (OSA% hit)

  • Enforcement of retail standards (% implementation)

  • Minimizing RTV (%RTV reduction)

Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of experience in handling manpower, particularly merchandisers (at least 50 headcounts)

  • Genuine care for people

  • Excellent negotiation skills

  • Extensive knowledge of FMCG operations

  • Track record in strategic business relationship-building with major accounts to promote brand visibility and availability

  • Knowledgeable in key merchandising metrics and KPIs

  • Good understanding of customers' needs to identify opportunities to generate shopper offtake in the retail environment

  • Experience in tracking and measuring staff performance

  • Willing to work onsite in our Pasig City office

  • Proficient in in-store merchandising requirements, policies and processes

  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of merchandising obligations and contract