Procurement Manager

Rockys Ace Hardware•Springfield, MA

15d

About The Position

As the Procurement Manager, you will lead a team charged with maintaining a relevant product mix in our stores, recommending new product lines to grow sales, recommending items/categories for promotion and maintaining proper stock levels to maximize the bottom-line profit. You will embrace a strong team approach and be completely approachable by store and corporate team members, Ace staff, vendors and the public. You will work to ensure a cohesive and effective work relationship in the Merchandising Department. You will train, mentor, coach and counsel assigned team on a regular basis, and recruit, select, train, mentor and lead new merchandising team members as needed. You will work with stores to ensure relevant merchandising selection, identify niches, and leverage opportunities, focusing on keeping the product mix current, relevant, and interesting. This involves regular travel to Rocky’s Ace stores. You will have oversight of line reviews, Ace and vendor category reviews, product changes, installations and implementations, as well as management of new items, discontinued items, and sku conversions. You will assist the Inventory Manager on clearance items to minimize overstocks or slow-moving inventory in stores while balancing with margin protection. You will work closely with the stores, the Category Managers, Associate Buyers and the inventory management team to maximize in-stock on basic, seasonal and promotional inventory while maintaining desired inventory turns. Procurement/Marketing must be closely linked to maximize promotions. You will assist with the suggestion of ad items and their placement in ads based on sales data and ad performance analysis, and work closely with the Marketing Team. You will focus on margin maintenance and growth through retail pricing management and strategy, as well as lowering procurement costs. You will have oversight of Seasonal/Holiday planning, which are significant categories for Rocky’s Ace and an extremely important area of focus and ability to grow incremental sales. You will lead the development of endcaps / sidecaps / clip strips / impulse and promotional displays, and analyze the performance of every display for continuous improvement. You will lead the merchandising team through Ace show preparation and process. You will provide reporting and analytics for the Senior Management team on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. You will maintain professional development including attendance and active participation in Ace peer groups, courses, seminars, trade shows, etc. Other duties may be assigned as needed. You will have the ability to work cross-functionally with all areas of the company – Stores, Executives, Merchandising, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, etc.

Requirements

Embrace a strong team approach and be completely approachable by store and corporate team members, Ace staff, vendors and the public.
Work to ensure a cohesive and effective work relationship in the Merchandising Department.
Needs to be highly focused on keeping the product mix current, relevant, and interesting.
Procurement/Marketing must be closely linked to maximize promotions.
Ability to work cross functionally with all areas of the company – Stores, Executives, Merchandising, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, etc.

Nice To Haves

Regular travel to Rocky’s Ace stores.

Responsibilities

Train, mentor, coach and counsel assigned team on a regular basis.
Recruit, select, train, mentor and lead new merchandising team members as needed.
Work with stores to ensure relevant merchandising selection, identify niches, and leverage opportunities.
Keep the product mix current, relevant, and interesting.
Oversight of line reviews, Ace and vendor category reviews, product changes, installations and implementations.
Management of new items, discontinued items, and sku conversions.
Assist Inventory Manager on clearance items to minimize overstocks or slow-moving inventory in stores while balancing with margin protection.
Work closely with the stores, the Category Managers, Associate Buyers and the inventory management team to maximize in-stock on basic, seasonal and promotional inventory while maintaining desired inventory turns.
Assist with the suggestion of ad items and their placement in ads based on sales data and ad performance analysis.
Focus on margin maintenance and growth through retail pricing management and strategy, as well as lowering procurement costs.
Oversight of Seasonal/Holiday planning.
Lead the development of endcaps / sidecaps / clip strips / impulse and promotional displays.
Analyze the performance of every display for continuous improvement.
Lead the merchandising team through Ace show preparation and process.
Provides reporting and analytics for Senior Management team on a weekly, monthly and Quarterly basis.
Maintain professional development including attendance and active participation in Ace peer groups, courses, seminars, trade shows, etc.