Food Buying Category istant

5 days ago


Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Al-Futtaim Full time

PO Management

  • Ensuring products are purchased at the right time, to specification and at a competitive price.
  • Following up on orders placed and working close with vendors & the logistics team to resolve shipping/delivery issues and assure the target stock levels are met
  • Planning, monitoring and maintaining suitable inventory levels

Ad Hoc & Reporting

  • Creating on a regular base & ad hoc business reports such as newness sales report etc as and when required
  • Substituting the buyer adequately when necessary to ensure business needs are met and assist in additional activities related to new store opening in UAE and other countries
  • Training and mentoring new Category Assistants and sharing best practices with them
  • Proactively support e commerce team and category development team on their requirements
  • Placing orders with UK
  • Raising claims to UK for any issues

Required Skills to be successful:

  • Strong analytical skills
  • Very strong commercial awareness and creative skills.
  • Decisive and able to work in a super fast paced environment
  • Strong communication, analytical and organizational skills.
  • Display delegation skills, priorities within delegated tasks and manage deadlines.
  • Practice excellent time management skills and ability to cope under pressure

What equips you for the role:

  • Bachelor Degree (Masters Preferred)
  • 3-4 years' experience in in any Food establishment
  • Either 3 years in a similar role or 3-4 years product experience in another role coupled with SAP knowledge and advanced excel skill
  • Individual Accountability
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Personal Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Attention to Detail
  • Highly Numerate
  • Product Confident
  • Good Communicator


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