Buyer/category Manager for Retail Group

5 days ago

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Brainstorm Human Resource Consultants Full time

Job Title: - Buyer/Category Manager
- Product development and sourcing

Reporting to: - CEO

Location: - JAFZA

**Job Profile**
- Gather feedback from stores regarding product lines, availability and layout.
- Creation and pricing of new inventions, ability to introduce novel ideas, and strong pricing and negotiating abilities
- **A strong knowledge of production and labor costs to bring a product to market**:

- Understands the product, production and pricing
- Strong business acumen, including an excellent grasp of how costs affect profits.
- Source stocks from a Far East supply base.
- Identify new suppliers from different countries for different product categories and negotiate contracts.
- Ensure that all of the providers we are working with have NDAs in place.
- Strong negotiating skills with vendors on terms, production planning and product price.
- **Ability to manage production requirements, PO placement and inventory in conjunction with the**

**Supply Chain department.**
- Lead the procurement journey from product innovation till buying.
- Coordinate with the product development team/ design team of the vendors and approve the products and designs based on the specifications and quality standards given.
- Identify customer preferences and forecast consumer trends
- Ensure the timely delivery of products and compliance with the contracts of purchase
- Attend events, fairs and exhibitions to remain up-to-date with the market’s trends
- Manage sample approvals and library
- Strong commercial awareness and product knowledge within the category.
- Forecast usage of stocked items in liaison with key customers and internal sales team and ensure timely purchase.

**Experience & Skills**

Essential 7+ years of similar role
- **Experienced in buying and product development of Bags, luggage, electronics, furniture, toys, stationery with range development experience (not necessarily all)**:

- **Experience working in China, India, or a comparable country.**:

- Experience working with license/ip holders
- Strong commercial and market awareness

**Skills**:

- Excellent attention to detail; able to analyze data and spot trends
- A confident communicator and relationship builder with strong negotiation skills
- **A good eye to develop great products**:

- Gaming knowledge is a plus

**Salary**: AED20,000.00 - AED25,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

- Please list the range of Products you have handled as a Buyer ?
- Have you handled toys & stationaries

**Experience**:

- minimum 10 years as a Buyer (required)
- production and labor costs for customized product (required)
- Visited China, India, or a comparable country (required)
- product, production and pricing (required)
- events, fairs and exhibitions (required)

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