METRO opened its first cash & carry wholesale center in Pakistan in 2007 & expanded to 5 wholesale centers in a short span of 18 months. In July 2012 METRO and Makro-Habib combined their wholesale business in Pakistan marking the beginning of a long-term partnership to the mutual benefit of both companies. The merger allowed METRO and Makro-Habib to combine resources and gain the financial strength to lead and grow in a challenging environment and to gain synergies targeted to generate value for our customers and suppliers alike. Today the company is operating 10 wholesale centers in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad & Faisalabad with the registered name of METRO Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
METRO Pakistan is part of METRO GROUP’s sales division METRO Cash & Carry, the international leader in self-service wholesale. The company operates more than 700 stores in 21 countries and has a workforce of over 100,000 employees. Sales in 2015 were approximately 30 billion Euro.
Job Description
- Keep a strong control over daily stock maintenance by continuous monitoring of inventory, shrinkage, stock availability to guarantee and create the optimum stock performance in quality, quantity and safety targeting customer segments and following the company strategy, and to create the right base for reordering.
- Coach and train team members on existing and new concepts, technology and functionality to pave their way towards the successful achievement of the functional objectives of the team, thus playing a role in the enhancement of the technical skill set of an individual and improving the growth of an individual towards positive attitude.
- Customer file monitoring and action plan definition to check customer activity and set-up actions (campaign management), customer activity per product family, and customer activity regarding turnover performance.
- Addressing customer complaints to understand customers’ needs and expectations, and to propose solutions.
- Visit competitor to check price, assortment, merchandizing, services, competitor activities and to give feedback on the competition to buying hence not relying only on MIU reports.
- Perform Weekly, monthly and annual inventory management to have the right stock for the right customer at the right time, and to maximize the ROS.
- Planning of seasonal activities to be in time with planning, merchandizing, reordering, staff scheduling.
- Keep a conducive and learning environment among all team members in order to ensure a healthy, friendly, productive and supportive environment.
Qualifications
Bachelors or Intermediate with 6-8 years of experience
