Al Futtaim Jobs - Head of Buying - Clothing and Home | Marks & Spencer | Dubai (Dubai, AE)

Job Requisition ID: 36894 

No two days are the same at Al-Futtaim, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognises and rewards quality performance, and what do you get? The chance to push the limits every single day.

 

As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, Robinsons, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

 

Come join us to live well, work better, and be the best.

About the Role

To maximise sales and profit through managing the merchandise buy and controlling stock commitment in achieving the company’s financial targets & objectives.

Key Role Specific Responsibilities:

• Maximise sales turnover and minimise costs in order to meet company’s gross profit target.
• Establish the MENA buying budget
• Develop and implement buying strategy for MENA Stores.
• Buy a balanced catalogue across all merchandising groups for Stores.
• Select the appropriate products from the total UK Offer for the local market.
• Work closely with IFG Team and set requirements for IBO “Must Have Products”.
• Manage No. of Ways.
• Deliver competitive pricing policy and strategic promotion plans in achieving the company financial goals.
• Control cost of reductions and manage stock inventory.
• Translate the UK layout principle and deliver layout principle and merchandise linkage information for stores.
• Deliver marketing planner through working closely with the Marketing Team.
• Develop and train buying managers to be commercial and competent to support the business growth.
• Understand the customer needs through working closely with the Store Team in order to offer the right products in Stores.

 

What do you have to achieve?

• Trading profitability
• Sales revenue
• Gross margin
• Cost of reductions
• Achieve stock targets

 

About You

• Proven experience in retail merchandising/buying.
• Good fashion flair combined with analytical and numerical skills.
• Understand the local requirements and able to translate them into appropriate buying strategy that fits the principle of Marks and Spencer PLC.

What specific motivation is needed?

• Passionate about products.
• Identifying new business opportunities and reacting promptly.
• Personal satisfaction for being accountable.
• Enjoying taking up challenge and seeing the business growing

What are the core skills you need?

• Must be analytical, numerical and have a good commercial sense.
• Strategic thinking with strong market knowledge.
• Flexible and quick to react to situations in achieving company’s objectives. 
• Leadership and Good communication skills.
• Work with people from different culture.
• Able to translate Marks and Spencer PLC’s principle and make necessary modification to suit local requirements.

 

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