Buyer – Electronics / Buyer – Fashion/Lifestyle – LetsTango.com – Dubai

As a Buyer you will be responsible for sourcing equipment, goods and services and managing vendors. The successful candidate will be able to perform strategic procurement activities across multiple categories of spend, search for better deals and find more profitable suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for selecting and purchasing apparel and accessories from designers, manufacturers, or wholesalers for retail sale.
• Duties include market research, competitor analysis, product evaluations and testing, monitoring purchase orders and creating reports for the management team.
• To enhance profits by acquiring suitable goods at competitive prices through sensible planning and careful purchasing.
• Understanding of their target audience and be able to predict future trends so that they can purchase what customers want.
• Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments in the buying processes and new projects and activities.
• Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization.
• Identifying customer preferences, monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
• Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and best practice tools and methods.
• Manage the entire PO process to ensure optimal inventory.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies.
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
• Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation.
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power.
• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers.
• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries and monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand.

Skills

• Strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Relationship building and management skills.
• In depth understanding and knowledge of the industry
• Commercial Awareness
• Ability to make decisions
• Ability to cope with pressure
• Good teamworking skills
• Interpersonal skills, particularly in negotiating
• Relevant experience in the buying of relevant category within GCC with leading retailers/retailers.
• Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers.
• Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem-solving abilities.
• Able to manage time effectively, priorities tasks and achieve set targets.
• Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the customer order fulfilment as well as profitability.
• Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations.
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Application Question(s):

• Are you currently living in UAE?
• What are your salary expectations?
• Are you available to join immediately?

Experience:

• Buyer: 3 years (Preferred)
• eCommerce: 2 years (Preferred)
• Shopify: 2 years (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driving License (Preferred)