Requirements
The Senior Buyer will assist the business head in planning product and assortment strategies, coordinating merchandise allocation and delivery, and managing pre-season financial planning. Key responsibilities include analyzing store profiles, ensuring effective in-season management, planning merchandise mix, and managing margin negotiations.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Dubai, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Finance, Business Analysis & Consulting
Company Industry
Retail
Position objective
The position assists the business head to plan the product and assortment strategies that meet or exceed financial goals.
Coordinate all the activities related to allocation and delivery of merchandise to all the stores in the region.
Assist in pre-season financial planning, in-season projections, open-to-buy management and new store budgets.
Ensure balanced collection at stores, regular replenishment from warehouse and inter-store transfers.
Key responsibilities
Assist in merchandise plans for the category based on insights gained from merchandise mix, historical trends and future outlook projected by the brand.
Analyze store profile based on reports, including weeks of stock, merchandise sales blend, inventory by store grade.
Ensure effective in-season management (stock analysis and balancing, markdown management, stock vs. sale performance).
Plan merchandise mix for each store and complete initial product allocation to stores and reserve management based on pre-distribution.
Finalize seasonal assortment plan and size run book in collaboration with senior merchandiser.
Monitor the product line, pricing and developments of competitor brands.
Ensure the ageing standards are followed and the stock turns are maintained as per the company policy.
Manage margin negotiations, orders, stock distribution and product selection.
Monitor and analyze both the best sellers and slow sellers and take appropriate actions.
Keep a track of actual sales vs sales forecasts, inventory checks, forthcoming events and address the replenishment needs of the stores on day-to-day basis.
Perform regular store visits and competition analysis, in collaboration with the brand manager and communicate findings to the brand.
About the Company
The Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle brand conglomerate residing on the crossroads of a modern economy - Dubai, UAE. The mercurial growth in the last 17 years has been by acquiring a host of world class fashion labels from around the world - Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Aldo & Tim Hortons just to name a few.
Today the group caters to thousands of eager shoppers through its over 1530 stores, 75 International brands and employing 12,000 multi cultural staff in over 4 continents. Apparel believes in turning dreams in to reality and we give everyone - our customers, our stakeholders, our employees - an equal opportunity to do so.
Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines.
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