Description

RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION DUBAI

Buying Manager - Wear That

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work\xc2\xae.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up \xe2\x80\x9cThe Greenhouse\xe2\x80\x9d, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women\'s Empowerment Principles.

What you\'ll be doing

Oversee a team - developing, managing, and leading their day-to-day responsibilities

Set the seasonal buying strategy for Wear That to continue to grow the business

Analyze business metrics and industry trends to find opportunities for future assortments

Manage sales and profitability, gross margins through negotiation with vendors

Manage the buy of a variety of brands and products for Wear That

Develop and manage relevant vendor relationships, as well as relationships across the company channels

Identify opportunities and risks in-season through analyzing sales performance

Actively build out the vendor matrix

What you\'ll need to succeed

Strategic and be able to execute

Possess a strong analytical mindset and are comfortable juggling multiple tasks while meeting hard deadlines.

Are self-motivated, deadline driven and result oriented, a problem solver with a can-do attitude with strong teamwork skills and strong desire to drive changes.

Are highly skilled in MS Excel (pivot tables, etc.) and the ability to quickly manipulate and analyze data sets and build reports.

Ability to dig into details and find impactful insights

Strong verbal and written communication skills able to clearly tell the story behind the data and its resulting insights

Ability to interact effectively with management

Self-motivated with a strong drive for achievement

Ability to prioritize and work in a highly dynamic, fast paced and team-oriented environment

Are excited about building and refining processes and controls

Are a team player and have the ability to work independently.

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts. To view all our perks and benefits, click here.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

Department

RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION

Role

Buying Manager

Locations

Dubai

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