Buying Manager _ Kitchen _ Homecentre

Homecentre, part of Landmark Group, is hiring a Buying Manager for its Kitchen category in Dubai. The position has end-to-end responsibility for category business management, including sales growth, margin performance, merchandise planning, product development, vendor management and inventory decisions. The role requires deep kitchen-category and home-retail experience and the ability to translate customer and market insights into commercially successful ranges.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive Kitchen category business plans to maximize sales and profit.
• Monitor gross margins and maintain alignment with business plans and budgets.
• Prepare annual merchandise plans and contribute to the wider merchandising budget.
• Analyze historical sales, market trends and customer insights to guide buying decisions.
• Manage pricing, promotion, assortment, markdowns, margin and inventory productivity throughout the season.
• Use customer research to guide new products, assortment, shelf presentation, promotion and pricing.
• Coordinate product design and development, including product features, packaging and resource requirements.
• Ensure purchased merchandise meets quality standards and agreed commercial requirements.
• Build, evaluate and negotiate with suppliers and maintain strategic vendor relationships.
• Develop buying requirements, purchase plans and category budgets and monitor orders through delivery.
• Drive cost efficiencies through vendor mix, bulk buying and continuous process improvement.
• Work with internal teams to resolve product, delivery and quality issues.

Requirements & Qualifications

• 12-15 years of experience, with mandatory Kitchen category or Home Retail experience.
• Strong category-management and commercial-planning capability.
• Proven supplier sourcing, negotiation and vendor-management skills.
• Good understanding of margins, inventory, pricing, promotions and product development.
• Strong analytical and market-research skills.
• Ability to manage cross-functional relationships and deliver category targets.

Employment Details

• Company: Landmark Group
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Industry: Retail, E-commerce and Digital Businesses
• Application: Apply through the supplied LinkedIn job posting