Senior Buyer

6 days ago


Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates noon Full time

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noon, the region's leading consumer commerce platform, launched its consumer platform in Saudi Arabia and the UAE on December 12th, 2017, expanding to Egypt in February 2019. The noon ecosystem of services now includes marketplaces for food delivery, quick-commerce, fintech, and fashion. noon is a work in progress; we're six years in, but only 5% done.

Noon's fastest hyper-local delivery platform, Noon Minutes, offers a localized assortment of FMCG & grocery products with delivery within 15-minutes. Currently live across the UAE, KSA, and Egypt, offering thousands of products to customers in record time.

noon's mission: Ring every doorbell, every day.

What you'll do:

  • Manage vendor selection and develop strong vendor partnerships.
  • Perform weekly stock and sales analysis to ensure all brands are trending correctly in line with sales plans.
  • Review planned deliveries in line with sales targets & percentage mix by category, price level, and stock levels to achieve sales, profitability, and turnover.
  • Demonstrate understanding of product and pricing analysis to inform pricing strategy and manage all spend within budgetary requirements.
  • Negotiate new & improved working terms with global suppliers to help achieve target margin on all orders up to clearance in line with buying strategy and KPIs.
  • Accumulate trend information and maintain market awareness to inform and analyze buying decisions and product performance.
  • Coach and inspire junior members of the team.
  • Proactively identify strong and weak selling items and report scope for enhancement to the selection strategy accordingly to senior management.
  • Meet and manage suppliers to build robust and preferential relationships and secure timely delivery of orders.
  • Prioritize and secure favorable credit terms with suppliers.
  • Ensure timely and accurate replenishment of stock.
  • Maximize sales and margins by understanding the price positioning of products and how the design and specification of the accessories impact target cost price.
  • Strategize growth initiatives for the category and own the execution.
  • Leverage data to identify levers for optimizing availability, assortment, and pricing.

What you'll need:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or a similar field.
  • Minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience in a similar role OR Master's Degree in Business Administration with minimum 1+ years of relevant experience.
  • Exposure to the eCommerce Industry (preferably in the grocery space).
  • Strong influencing, negotiation, and communication skills.
  • Strategic commercial thinker with impressive analytical skills and a critical mindset.
  • Structured thinking, ownership mindset, and data-informed decision making.
  • Strong technical skills in Microsoft Office / Google Suite.
  • Outstanding oral and written communication skills to drive projects with relevant stakeholders across the organization.

Who will excel?

  • People with high standards who understand that hard work matters.
  • Relentlessly resourceful individuals who operate with a deep bias for action.
  • People with the courage to be fiercely original.
  • Individuals ready to adapt, pivot, and learn.
Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Business Development, Supply Chain, and Sales
Industries
  • Internet Marketplace Platforms
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