Private Label Specialistist
vakansiya — 2025

Location: Head Office
Direct Reports: Commercial Department

Summary and Purpose of Role:

Private Label Specialist ensures implementation of the PL strategy in a line with organizational goals and objectives. PL Specialist is responsible for searching suppliers for private label products, ensuring effective and timely supply process. They ensure implementation of PL-related marketing and merchandising strategies, budgets, stock levels, sales trends, and profit objectives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conducting market research, analyze market trends and apply this knowledge to make insightful buying decisions;
• Analyzing past sales data to anticipate trends in consumer buying pattern;
• Collaborating with trading team to clarify PL purchase requisitions, identify departmental needs, and refine specifications for future purchase orders;
• Sourcing and selecting new products by attending national and international PL fairs and events;
• Investigating and cultivating new sources for supplies and products;
• Building relationships with suppliers and negotiate with them for the best pricing, terms and conditions;
• Evaluating offers in accordance with company’s PL strategy;
• Carrying out complete contract and documentation cycle;
• Processing purchasing transactions according to state and company policies and procedures;
• Solving occurring problems with orders in an efficient and timely manner;
• Updating PL inventory at DC and stores to ensure that stocks are kept at appropriate levels;
• Assisting visual merchandisers in planning PL products layouts in stores to promote key lines;
• Working with advertising department in order to promote PL products;
• Monitoring market changes, competitor prices and products;
• Assessment of new marketing and sales opportunities, presentation of those estimations to the respective management;
• Preparing daily, weekly, monthly, yearly reports and analytics
• Working out and implementing category-based PL share increase strategy

Requirements to candidate:

• Degree in Marketing, (International) Business, Finance or any other related field is an advantage;
• Experience in Private Label field (at best, practical experience in a similar position);
• Good understanding of sales and marketing strategies;
• Well-developed communicational skills (written and oral) and a customer orientation;
• Knowledge about budget management, stock management, procurement, international trade, and taxations;
• Ability to easily comprehend and organize shipment processes;
• Good command of Azerbaijani, Russian, and English languages;
• Negotiation skills;
• Organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills;
• Presentation skills.

Interested candidates may apply for the role by sending resume to email address, mentioning “Private Label Specialist” in theme tab.

Pease note that only selected candidates will be contacted regarding next steps of recruitment process.