Buyer
Job Description
Our buyer is responsible for managing OTB deployed and product selection, ensuring point of sales are filled commercially and the brand image is well executed. These key points are reflected from pre-buying stage to the post buying stage and are monitored throughout the season.
What you'll need to succeed
- Proven experience as a buyer or senior buyer within men's fashion, ideally in a luxury or premium department store environment.
- Strong commercial acumen with a clear understanding of margin, OTB, and stock management.
- Ability to translate trends and data into commercially successful assortments.
- Experience working with international brands and managing multiple categories within men's fashion.
- Private label buying or development experience is a strong plus.
- Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills with vendors and partners.
- Confident decision-maker with the ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving retail environment.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Customer-centric mindset with a strong understanding of the Middle East retail landscape.
- Passion for men's fashion and delivering a best-in-class retail experience.
Responsibilities Duties:
- Demonstrate creative drive and talent in planning, selecting and buying product.
- Utilize knowledge and expertise to bring in innovative new merchandise, new concepts and potentially exclusive product to attract new customers and grow sales.
- Influence and challenge OTB creation, managing how to spend OTB.
- Analyze and interpret sales figures to make good business decisions.
- Take responsibility for gross margin, stock turn and sell thru.
- Actively participate in buys, product selection, and quantifying orders.
- Manage the sale markdown strategy and stock liquidation.
- Present the buys to management and store team.
- Work closely with marketing, VM and store teams, supply chain and e-commerce.
- Demonstrate awareness of trends, global market trends and competitors.
- Own supplier relationship and communication.
- Actively negotiate with suppliers on stock swaps, RTVs, markdown contribution.