Purchase Assistant jobs in United Arab Emirates

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

The Senior Procurement Buyer (Digital Focus) is responsible for managing the procurement of all digital marketing and advertising-related goods and services.

This includes overseeing the sourcing, negotiation, and contracting with vendors for digital advertising, content creation, marketing technology, and other digital marketing initiatives. The role serves as a strategic partner to the marketing team, ensuring the effective and efficient procurement of digital marketing assets and solutions.

1. Identify, evaluate, and onboard vendors for digital marketing services, including digital advertising, web design, content production, marketing automation, and analytics platforms.
2. Negotiate favorable contract terms, pricing, and service-level agreements with digital vendors.
3. Serve as a strategic partner to the marketing team, providing insights and recommendations on digital procurement strategies.
4. Collaborate cross-functionally with other departments (e.g., IT, legal, finance) to ensure alignment and compliance.

What you'll need to succeed

1. Bachelor's degree in business, procurement, marketing, or a related field.
2. 5+ years of experience in procurement, with a focus on digital marketing and advertising.
3. Strong understanding of digital marketing channels, technologies, and vendor landscape.
4. Excellent negotiation, contract management, and vendor relationship skills.
5. Proficient in data analysis, budgeting, and financial management.
6. Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
7. Strong communication and presentation 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: PROCUREMENT
Role: Strategic Category Analyst