Senior Buyer

Job description / Role

Senior Buyer - Virgin Mega Store

The Senior Buyer is responsible for purchasing products for his/her department. He/she ensures that the purchased products have the best achievable prices and the most favourable commercial terms.

Key Accountabilities

- Assist in the development of a purchasing strategy, and make purchasing decisions within budget based on market conditions and trends regarding product lifecycle, price fluctuation, product availability and competition's business practices
- Negotiate with suppliers agreements, contracts, product selling price, profit margin, returns to vendor, marketing contribution surrounding the product, exclusivity periods, deffective policy, and after sales service
- Request and manage the delivery and payment of purchase orders, track delayed orders and control payment reports
- Provide the stores with the needed advertising material and display units in order to ensure proper merchandising and compliance with set standards
- Suggest and organize events, prepare promotions, sale and special collections, and coordinate them with the Marketing department and suppliers in order to enforce and increase brand sales
- Control the preparation of the Automatic Stock Replenishment (A.S.R) for new opening shop, train the corresponding Department Managers and Buyers and monitor the monthly activities of the departments across the region
- Identify and develop new international labels and brands in order to innovate in the selection of products
- Contribute to maintaining mutually beneficial long-term partnerships with suppliers, and solicit feedback for continuous improvement
- Carry out functional supervisory responsibilities that include planning and assigning tasks, setting deadlines, monitoring results and quality, providing training and relaying team's request to hierarchy
- Develop routine reports, schedules, agreements, proposals, summaries and letters as needed

Requirements

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge

- Bachelor's Degree
- 3-4 years of experience in a similar field
- Fluency in English; Arabic is a plus
- Proficiency in MS Office; Elvis is a plus

Competencies

- Developing and Motivating Others
- Decision Making
- Analytical Thinking
- Commercial Understanding
- Communication Skills
- Initiative
- Self - Development

About the Company

Azadea Group is a premier fashion and lifestyle retail company that owns and operates more than 50 leading international franchise concepts across the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe. Since its inception in 1978, the Group has grown a substantial chain of stores representing leading international brand names in fashion and accessories, food and beverage, home furnishing, sporting goods and multimedia.With over 11,000 employees, the company boasts a solid infrastructure overseeing more than 600 stores spread across 15 countries including Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.