Senior Category Buyer Job at Glovo Nigeria

Glovo - We’re a Barcelona-based startup and the fastest-growing delivery player in Europe, Hispanic America and Africa. With food at the core of the business, Glovo delivers any product within your city at any time of day. Our vision and ambition are not only to make everything immediately available in your city but it is also to offer our employees the job of their lives. A job where you'll be challenged and have the most fun working in through tech-enabled experiences.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior Category Buyer
Job Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• You will be the owner of the assortment we offer to our customers: from analyzing market trends and defining listings to prospecting suppliers, and negotiating commercial conditions.

Responsibilities

• Be the owner and specialist of assigned categories, being able to move the needle and see the impact of your work on the business by managing the MFCs assortment from end to end. Your main KPIs will be Category Add-to-Cart, Average Order Value, and Gross Margin.
• Define the assortment strategy, identify opportunities of improvement in listings and margin, and implement them.
• Manage vendor relationships, with a special focus on the top ones - manage supplier/partner contracts, manage day-to-day relationships, and negotiate and secure marketing funds per the market requirements and company needs.
• Review contract terms and conditions ensuring that they are as favorable to the business interests as possible, minimize risk, and are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures (with support from the Commercial Manager and legal department)
• Oversee UX and Pricing
• Lead, coach, and develop talented team members.
• You will work hand in hand with the Ads team in defining and implementing marketing campaigns inside the store.

What You Will Bring To The Ride

• At least 5 years of experience in Retail as a category manager or category buyer.
• Strong negotiation skills; expert understanding of terms, conditions, and contracting techniques for managing risk.
• Previous experience in leading teams.
• Stakeholder management: both internally and externally.
• Willingness to roll up sleeves to get things done
• Comfortable working in a fast-changing, high-growth, and high-performance start-up with a fast pace
• Fluent in English. Additional language skills are a plus.