Requirements
The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree in Business or Finance, with a postgraduate qualification being an advantage. They should have 7-8 years of experience supporting Chairman/CXO-level executives, demonstrating advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint), strong data analysis and interpretation skills, and hands-on experience with AI tools and productivity platforms. A basic understanding of financial analysis and reporting, coupled with excellent communication, multitasking, priority management, and adaptability skills, is essential.
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
Administration & Secretarial
Company Industry
Retail
How you will make an impact (Key responsibilities):
1. Executive support & priority management
• Manage and optimize the Chairman’s schedule, ensuring effective prioritization of meetings, deliverables, and engagements.
• Coordinate high-level meetings, preparing structured briefs, key discussion points, and follow-ups.
• Act as a central point for managing priorities, ensuring timely execution of tasks across functions.
• Handle confidential information with complete discretion and structured documentation.
2. Strategic coordination & business support
• Support strategic discussions by preparing structured inputs, summaries, and research-backed insights.
• Assist in analyzing business priorities and tracking execution across key initiatives.
• Provide structured updates and ensure alignment across stakeholders on ongoing actions.
• Facilitate communication between leadership teams and ensure clarity in execution expectations.
3. Data analysis, financial insights & reporting
• Perform data analysis and interpretation to support business tracking and reporting.
• Support financial analysis including reviewing reports, tracking numbers, and preparing summaries.
• Develop high-quality dashboards, reports, and presentations using advanced MS Office tools.
• Translate complex data into clear and concise outputs for executive review.
4. Operational excellence, digital tools & execution efficiency
• Leverage AI tools and digital platforms to improve efficiency in reporting, research, and workflow management.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously with high accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ensure high standards of documentation, presentation, and organizational structure.
• Adapt quickly to dynamic business requirements and shifting priorities while maintaining output quality.
Qualifications & skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related field; postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
• 7-8 years of experience supporting Chairman / CXO-level executives.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) for reporting and presentations.
• Strong data analysis and interpretation capability.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools and productivity platforms.
• Basic financial analysis and reporting understanding.
• Excellent communication and structuring skills.
• Strong multitasking, priority management, and adaptability.
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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