✨ AI Summary
This Sr. Buyer role focuses on driving e-commerce growth by supporting and onboarding small and medium-sized businesses within assigned categories. The responsibilities include owning category performance, building strategic seller partnerships, and solving complex business problems. The role requires acting as a business owner for assigned categories, understanding internal and external variables, forecasting, monitoring, and reporting on business performance, and driving projects and promotions to achieve objectives. A thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality, business trends, and competitor developments is expected to maximize profitability and selection expansion. The candidate will manage vendor relationships, supplier/partner contracts, and negotiate marketing funds. They will also create business plans for new opportunities, develop and execute project plans for new features, and coordinate cross-functional teams.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, Engineering, Business, or Management, with at least 5 years of relevant senior-level experience in retail, specifically in Consumer Electronics, Sports, Hobbies & Travel, or Home & Garden, demonstrating a proven track record of delivering results. Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development is essential. The candidate must be able to own and manage Business P&L and possess superior analytical and quantitative skills, being comfortable with complex financial data. They should be able to operate effectively in both tactical and strategic modes, have excellent business acumen with strong communication skills, and be able to think and lead in a high-energy, fast-paced environment. Arabic language proficiency is considered an advantage, and proficiency in Excel is required.
Requirements
The candidate must have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, Engineering, Business, or Management, with 5+ years of relevant senior-level experience in retail, specifically in Consumer Electronics, Sports, Hobbies & Travel, or Home & Garden. Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development is required, along with the ability to own and manage Business P&L and possess superior analytical and quantitative skills. Proficiency in Excel is essential, and Arabic language proficiency is an advantage.
Description
Job SummaryRole focuses on driving e-commerce growth by supporting and onboarding small and medium sized businesses. Responsible for end-to-end category performance, strategic seller partnerships, and solving complex business problems with high impactJob ResponsibilitiesAct as the business owner for assigned categories, possessing a complete understanding-inclusive of the strategic context - of internal and external variables that impact business.Owning, forecasting, monitoring, understanding and, reporting on the business, along with responsibility for driving projects and promotions to achieve business objectives.Have a thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality and business trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developmentsMaximize business profitability and selection expansion opportunitiesHave a complete understanding of the customer needs, both existing and potential, and use that knowledge to advocate for and drive delivery of site features that provide customers with an unparalleled shopping experienceManage vendor relationships , supplier/partner contracts, day-to-day relationships, and negotiate and secure marketing fundsCreate business plans for new opportunities and develop and execute project plans for the launch of new features, incorporating merchandising and pricing strategiesCoordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external parties, while meeting tight deadlinesConduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targetsCandidate RequirementsBachelor's or master's degree in finance, Engineering, Business, or Management.5+ years of relevant senior level experience in retail specifically in Consumer Electronics, Sports, Hobbies & Travel, Home & Garden with a proven track record of delivering results Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product developmentAbility to own and manage Business P&LSuperior analytical abilities and quantitative skills. Comfortable with complex financial data.Ability to operate simultaneously and effectively in both tactical and strategic modesExcellent business acumen with strong communication skillsAbility to think and lead in a high-energy, fast-paced environmentArabic language proficiency is an advantageProficient in Excel