Senior Buyer

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Senior Buyer at Apparel Group is a full-time onsite position based in Dubai, reporting to the Business Head. The role centers on planning product and assortment strategies to meet or exceed financial goals, coordinating allocation and delivery of merchandise to stores across the region, and supporting pre-season planning, in-season projections, and open-to-buy and store budgets while ensuring a balanced collection and regular replenishment. Key duties include building category plans from brand insights and historical data, analyzing store profiles and stock performance, managing in-season stock, markdowns, and stock turns, finalizing seasonal assortments and size runs with the Sr Merchandiser, and monitoring margins and competitive activity. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight OTB experience, forecast accuracy, and cross-functional collaboration, and include concrete, quantified results.

Key Responsibilities 
- Assist in merchandise plans for the category based on insights gained from merchandise mix, historical trends and future outlook projected by the brand 
- Analyze store profile based on reports, including weeks of stock, merchandise sales blend, inventory by store grade 
- Ensure effective in-season management (stock analysis and balancing, markdown management, stock vs. sale performance)
- Plan merchandise mix for each store and complete initial product allocation to stores and reserve management based on pre-distribution 
- Finalize seasonal assortment plan and size run book in collaboration with Sr. Merchandiser 
- Monitor the product line, pricing and developments of competitor brands 
- Ensure the ageing standards are followed and the stock turns are maintained as per the company policy 
- Manage margin negotiations, orders, stock distribution and product selection 
- Monitor and analyze both, the best sellers and slow sellers and take appropriate actions 
- Keep a track of actual sales vs sales forecasts, inventory checks, forth coming events and address the replenishment needs of the stores on day-to-day basis 
- Perform regular store visits and competition analysis, in collaboration with the Brand Manager and communicate findings to the Brand