Buyer (Bakery)

Job Summary:
Plan, propose and execute the implementation plan of Café Mesra and Makan@Mesra offerings through sourcing and selection of suppliers, food and drink offerings, hardware injection and overall ambience in Mesra Convenience Stores (C-Stores) to achieve revenue and income at the same time maintaining operation standard of Ready To Eat (RTE), Ready To Cook (RTC) and Ready To Drink (RTD) offerings.

You will play a part in:

• Bakery, RTE, RTC and RTD Strategy.
• Food & Beverage Equipment Standard & Operating Guidelines.
• Food & Beverages Solutions Category Management.
• Product & Pricing Strategy.
• New business opportunity & innovation strategy.
• C-Store campaign & promotional activities.

Vendor Management

• Sourcing new potential suppliers and maintain good relationship with existing suppliers.
• Negotiate Trading Terms with supplier to achieve the best deal for our company.

Product Development & Price Strategy

• Be resourceful and keep abreast with market current trend of customers.
• Identify and develop potential product which meet customers’ demand.
• Develop signature food and beverages of Café Mesra.
• Strategize the implementation of white-label brands (Sayheart & Fusion) and offering at the best price for Café Mesra.
• Responsible in product selection by conducting food tasting and cost price negotiation to get better margin.
• Conducting market survey and competitor price survey to ensure our price is competitive in the market.

Promotional Activities:

• Plan and execute promotion activities by developing LTO items, product selection, promo cost negotiation and work closely with Marketing team on the POSM.
• Initiate store opening special and In-house promotion apart from yearly promotion.

SOP, Product Training and Planogram:

• Develop product SOP which align with food safety standard and MOH.
• Plan and organize Product Training for Café Mesra Ops team and NFSO & Dealer for Makan @ Mesra
• Develop planogram and standard display for Café Mesra Ops team for their reference and execution.

Sales Analysis

• Analyze sales performance and conduct category and range review for both Café Mesra and Makan @ Mesra.

Support:

• Supporting Café Mesra Ops team for new Cafe opening and Café Mesra events.
• Supporting NFSO team & Dealer for PS opening.

NFSO & Dealer Engagement- Makan @ Mesra:

• Conduct ASAS training for new dealers and food safety training.
• Quarterly Dealer Engagement by region.

Vital skills for this role include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Culinary Arts, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in Retail Merchandising-Food Division, F&B Industry or food technology and knowledge in food safety.
• Proven experience in food service management, product development, or a related role.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Personal Data Protection:

Mesra Retail & Café Sdn Bhd ("MESRA") is fully committed to the protection of Personal Data and compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“Act”). Mesra Retail & Café Sdn Bhd (("MESRA") assures that any Personal Data collected, stored, processed and used for the purpose of this registration/application shall comply with the requirements of the Act and only be used within Mesra Retail & Café Sdn Bhd ("MESRA"). We ensure that the data you submit to us remains confidential and is used for the purposes stated in the data privacy statement. By clicking on “Apply”, I agree to the data privacy statement, and I accept it.