Buyer Full Time NEW

Looking for Buyer jobs in Dubai? Apparel Group offers a relevant career destination for professionals interested in retail buying, merchandise planning, and fashion retail operations. Candidates with experience in product selection, supplier negotiations, market research, inventory planning, and sales analysis can explore suitable opportunities in the UAE. Knowledge of retail trends, purchasing strategies, demand forecasting, and inventory management software can help applicants strengthen their profiles for buyer positions in Dubai’s competitive retail sector.

Key Responsibilities

Business Strategy:

• Drive the seasonal strategies in line with the brand positioning to formulate Gross Margin Plan
• Develop a fine tuned assortment and investment plan
• Create the sourcing development plan and action the critical path to deliver timely
• Negotiate with new suppliers on product pricing, payment terms, cost of freight, provision of training, and the extent of their involvement in advertising and promotions, to decide on placing a purchase order with the supplier for the concerned product
• OTB Planning

– Manage OTB in tandem with the planning counterpart

• Deliver the seasonal business strategy by monitoring and impacting the critical path, range building and product selection
• Prepare and manage the buying calendar
• Formulate seasonal product focus plan with Marketing and VM to drive key product initiatives
• Focus on holding current business and build new categories
• Conducting customer focus groups and competitive shopping Performance and Operations:
• Analysis and reporting of weekly sales performance at style, range, category and business unit level against range plan. Take in season action to revise production flows and maximize sales
• Manage TNA plans
• Implement the buying calendar for timely seasonal analysis and range build
• Perform regular competitor surveys to identify product gaps, influence lessons learnt and range plans
• Manage range and product hierarchy and create the seasonal phasing plan
• Responsible for the ‘The Look’ for the season. Influence product selection, in-store VM as per guidelines and layout planning
• Keep abreast of market trends and awareness of competitor activities
• Manage the product training of staff to ensure up-to-date knowledge. Prepare regular trends training and deliver to the business units
• Review buying feedback reports and provide recommendations to General Manager as to buying strategy for a respective brand/collection

Buyer jobs in Dubai can offer career opportunities for professionals with strong analytical, negotiation, and commercial skills. Candidates interested in Apparel Group careers should review official recruitment channels to confirm current vacancies, qualifications, and experience requirements. Developing expertise in merchandise planning, supplier relationship management, retail analytics, and inventory forecasting can improve professional capabilities and support long-term career growth in the UAE’s retail and fashion industries.