General Manager_ Buying_ Household

Job Overview

Home Centre, Landmark Group, is hiring a General Manager - Buying - Household in Dubai. The role provides overall business management for an assigned soft-goods household category and focuses on developing and executing plans that maximise sales, margins and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead category growth through comprehensive business plans and commercial strategies.
• Drive and monitor gross margins while aligning category performance with organisational plans and budgets.
• Lead category merchandise planning and contribute to overall merchandising budgets.
• Use historical sales data, market research and trend analysis to guide category decisions.
• Manage sales, markdowns, margin and average inventory in line with financial plans.
• Work with Merchandise Planning on pricing, promotion and assortment decisions.
• Manage in-season performance, stock balancing, markdowns and stock-versus-sales performance across territories.
• Use customer research to guide new product introductions, assortment, shelf layout, promotion and pricing.
• Develop product and design plans with relevant functional leaders.
• Ensure design and development activities are commercially viable and within budget.
• Lead stakeholders across buying, planning, design, sourcing and operations to deliver category objectives.

Requirements

• Significant senior experience in buying and household/soft-goods category management.
• Strong P&L, margin, pricing and commercial planning knowledge.
• Experience leading merchandise plans and product development.
• Strong leadership, negotiation and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to own category strategy and execution from planning through in-season management.

Candidate Profile & Role Expectations

This is a senior category leadership role with responsibility for overall business performance within an assigned household soft-goods category. The position requires ownership of category plans, sales, margin, inventory and product decisions, together with strong collaboration across planning, design and other functions. The manager must be able to translate market and customer information into commercial actions and maintain focus on profitability and sustainable category growth.

Job Details

• Company: Landmark Group - Home Centre
• Location: Dubai, UAE
• Employment: Full-time

How to Apply

Candidates should review the responsibilities and requirements carefully before applying. The position is based in Dubai, UAE, and the application should be submitted through the LinkedIn job link provided in the application field of this CSV. Applicants should ensure that their CV clearly reflects the experience, technical knowledge and transferable skills relevant to the position. Where the original listing does not state salary, qualification or experience details, those fields have been left as not specified rather than estimated.