Buyer - Luxury Fashion

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

Our Buyer is responsible for managing OTB deployed and product selection, ensuring point of sales are filled commercially and the brand image is well executed. These key points are reflected from pre-buying stage to the post buying stage and are monitored throughout the season.

1. Demonstrate creative drive & talent in planning, selecting & buying product.
2. Utilize knowledge & expertise to bring in innovative new merchandise, new concepts & potentially exclusive product to attract new customers & grow sales.
3. Influence & challenge OTB creation, managing how to spend OTB.
4. Analyze & interpret sales figures to make good business decisions.
5. Take responsibility for gross margin, stock turn & sell thru.
6. Actively participate in buys, product selection, & quantifying orders.
7. Manage the sale markdown strategy & stock liquidation.
8. Present the buys to management & store team.
9. Work closely with marketing, VM & store teams, supply chain & e-commerce.
10. Demonstrate awareness of trends, global market trends & competitors.
11. Own supplier relationship & communication.
12. Actively negotiate with suppliers on stock swaps, RTVs, markdown contribution.

What you'll need to succeed

1. Mandatory Luxury buying experience (either with luxury mono brands or department stores).
2. Sensitivity to all product categories - experience managing the RTW, shoes, and handbag categories across Men's and Women's portfolios.
3. Availability and eligible to travel frequently.
4. Ability to work proactively with minimal support.
5. Should have had experience owning/managing the OTB.
6. At least 3 years of experience within the fashion buying industry.
7. Excel and Microsoft Office proficiency.
8. Strong communication and analytical skills.

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

Department: RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION
Role: Buyer