Buying Manager _ Kitchen _ Homecentre

The Buying Manager for Kitchen owns the business performance of the assigned product category, from commercial planning and assortment decisions to supplier relationships and team leadership. The role aims to increase sales and profitability while ensuring merchandise meets customer expectations for design, quality, price and delivery. It requires strong kitchen-category knowledge and substantial home-retail experience, together with the ability to translate sales and market information into plans that support the wider business.

Job Details

• Employer: Homecentre
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Experience: 12–15 years, including 8+ years in home retail and kitchen category
• Qualification: Graduate or postgraduate qualification

Key Responsibilities

• Create category business plans and monitor sales, gross margin, markdowns, inventory and profitability against targets.
• Prepare annual merchandise plans and provide buying inputs for budgets, assortment depth, pricing and promotional activity.
• Use historical sales, customer insights and market research to identify product gaps and assess new design or assortment opportunities.
• Build an effective supplier base, negotiate commercial terms and maintain productive relationships with key vendors.
• Manage buying budgets and order follow-up to support timely delivery, agreed service levels and cost reduction.
• Set team objectives, support recruitment and development, review performance and communicate category priorities.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Twelve to fifteen years of relevant experience, including at least eight years in home retail.
• Mandatory experience managing the kitchen category or a closely related home-retail assortment.
• Graduate or postgraduate education and sound commercial, planning and people-management capability.
• Ability to analyse competitor prices and products, manage suppliers and maintain product quality standards.

Required Skills

Key strengths include category strategy, financial analysis, buying-budget control, assortment planning, negotiation, supplier development and team leadership. The manager should be comfortable making decisions that balance customer needs, product quality, margin, inventory and supplier performance.

Employment Details

Full-time role associated with Homecentre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Salary and benefits should be confirmed during recruitment.