Associate General Manager_Buying_Household

Job Overview

Home Centre, Landmark Group, is hiring an Associate General Manager - Buying - Household in Dubai. The position is responsible for overall business management of an assigned soft-goods product category and for developing, implementing and managing business plans designed to maximise sales and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive category business plans to drive sales growth.
• Monitor gross margins and align category performance with organisational plans and budgets.
• Prepare annual category plans and provide inputs to overall merchandising budgets.
• Analyse historical category sales, market research and trends to support planning decisions.
• Ensure financial plans are followed across sales, markdowns, margin and average inventory.
• Work with Merchandise Planning to finalise pricing, promotion and assortment decisions.
• Manage in-season performance across territories, including stock balancing, markdowns and stock-versus-sales analysis.
• Use customer research to guide product introductions, assortment, shelf presentation, promotions and pricing.
• Develop product and design plans with the Design Head, covering features, functions, packaging and resources.
• Ensure design and development activity remains within budget.

Requirements

• Senior buying or category-management experience in household/soft goods.
• Strong commercial and financial understanding.
• Experience with merchandise planning, product development and supplier management.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage category performance end to end.

Candidate Profile & Role Expectations

The position combines category strategy, commercial planning and product development for a household soft-goods business. The role requires a broad view of category performance, from sales and margins to assortment, pricing, promotions, stock and product development. Strong collaboration with Merchandise Planning and Design is required so that category decisions remain aligned with customer research, financial plans and business priorities.

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.