Furniture Merchandise Executive

Job Responsibility

1. Responsible for overseeing assigned furniture category within the company, including product selection, product development, inventory management, vendor relationships management, sales performance, margin management & promotion negotiation.
2. Support Director & HOD in executing comprehensive category strategy for the furniture department, aligning with the company's overall business objectives.
3. Conduct market research and monitor industry trends to identify new furniture products, brands, and suppliers to enhance the category assortment.
4. Source and negotiate favourable terms and conditions with vendors, ensuring competitive pricing, quality, and timely delivery of furniture products.
5. Build and maintain good relationships with existing furniture vendors, seeking opportunities for collaboration and driving vendor performance improvement.
6. Regularly review and optimize the furniture product assortment, identifying underperforming products and introducing new ones to maximize sales and customer satisfaction.
7. Visit store and collaborate with the store operations team to ensure proper merchandising, product placement, and visual displays for the furniture category.
8. Manage stock and catalogue commitment in line with agreed promotional activities and peak sales opportunities.
9. Always manage catalogue planning, ensuring catalogues meet customer profiles and reflects the correct range of product mix to fully maximize on market opportunities.
10. Manage healthy inventory and inventory turn. Review product performance from time to time, to reduce Aged stock bucket.

Job Requirements

1. Preferably Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Business, Marketing, or a related field, or having equivalent relevant experience in retail-buying or category management.
2. Knowledge & Experience: Minimum 1-2 years working experience in a business-related role.
3. Preferably in the furniture retail industry, modern trade, sales account management or ecommerce retailing background.
4. Good analytical skills and proficient in Excel, PowerPoint & Google Workspace.
5. Fast and good execution power. Detailed follow up and committed toward job completion.
6. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with others.
7. Good knowledge of furniture product trends, styles, materials, and construction techniques is a plus.

Job Benefits

1. Medical Benefits (GP, Dental & Optical)
2. Insurance Benefits (GHS, GTL, GPA)
3. Free Carpark
4. Staff Purchase Discounts
5. EPF SOCSO