Fresh Produce Buyer Job at Shoprite Nigeria

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Job Title: Fresh Produce Buyer

Company: Shoprite Nigeria

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Field: Logistics Procurement /

Store-Keeping

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Shoprite in Nigeria offers the following rewarding career opportunity within their fresh produce division. We currently seek a high caliber team player with Nigerian citizenship, to join our fresh produce team in Lagos.

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Reporting to the Trading Manager, you will be accountable for:

• buying and sourcing of produce and arranging logistics

• negotiating prices and trading terms with farmers/suppliers

• importing fresh produce (via sea/airfreight)

• costing of the produce and setting of selling prices

• product management, including ensuring high quality

• driving sales through Shoprite and wholesales

•regular farm/opposition and market visits. – Essential to fuilling this role, is a relevant university degree and previous trading experience, as well as:

• computer literacy. Good English communication and interpersonal skills at staff, management and supplier level

• Knowledge of fruit and vegetables and management experience in a packhouse environment will be advantageous.

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