# Purchasing Manager

Introduction The purpose of this position is to aggressively drive turnover, gain market share, maximize SPAR profits through careful planning and purchasing of the correct stock, on time and in line with the Retailer requirements. Duties & Responsibilities KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS Management of promotions planning Achievement of sales and gross profit targets Ensuring product pricing competitiveness against competitors and budgeted retail margins to members Delivering on the defined service levels to retailers Development of internal controls to manage and report on all buyer key performance areas Driving product development Overseeing Warehouse stock levels in line with budgeted expectations Management of the performance of suppliers from a pricing, product and service level aspect Control department administration and expenses Assisting in providing leadership to the Marketing team Providing category leadership to the Marketing team and SPAR Retail Members Ad hoc tasks and duties SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE National Senior Certificate (Matric) Tertiary qualification in Marketing/Advertising Minimum 5 years management experience in an FMCG environment A proven track record on th

- **Id**: 3930569
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/spar-group-purchasing-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T16:01:04Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T16:01:04Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2507
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Sales Enablement

## Company

- **Id**: 3222816
- **Name**: SPAR Group
- **Domain**: sparinc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sparinc>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T00:57:40Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.859
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 12
- **Reasons**: seen:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T02:56:02Z

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