Junior Digital Buyer

Job description / Role

About Us

As a leader in luxury retail in the Middle East, Al Tayer Group's retail division, Al Tayer Insignia, hosts a portfolio of some of the world's best luxury brands in the fashion, jewellery, home and department store categories. Complementing its position in luxury retail, Al Tayer Insignia has also built new frontiers in lifestyle retail, representing leading brands in the beauty, home, fashion and hospitality sectors. Our brands include Bloomingdales, Harvey Nichols, Boucheron, Areej, Aveda and Armani to name just a few!

About The Role

We are looking for a Junior Digital Buyer to plan projects and identify the requirements of the products, specifically for the digital channels, purchasing the required quantities to meet demand and thereby maximizing profits and providing a commercially viable range of products. Supporting the digital team with accurate product data and acting as the 'go between' with external brands to ensure they meet requirements and share information to support technical initiatives, which drive online conversion.

What You'll Be Doing

Strategic Roles and Responsibilities

• Support the formulation and execution of the digital buying department's strategy to ensure best in market results are achieved.
• Build strong, mutually beneficial brand and digital team relationships.
• Analyze market trends, consumer preferences, sell through, seasonal demands to formulate a digital buying practice in line with consumer/online demands.

Functional Roles and Responsibilities

• Drive the online exposure calendar in line with consumer needs and key brand launches.
• Support with and suggest promotional calendar based on consumer trends, key market launches, revenue performance, stock on hand, digital and brand opportunities.
• Identify brands that will add value to our online platforms and support the digital buyer with negotiations and brand launch.
• Monitor the stock levels online and coordinate with the planning team to maintain optimal stock levels in line with consumer demand.
• Support the promotional activities online ensuring the merchandise is available in time and in right quantities.
• Receive and analyze reports on the activities and provide recommendations to the senior digital buyer, when required.
• Coordinate GWP's for online, ensure items are created and stock is in situ before the campaign is launched.
• Support PR and marketing teams by guiding and validating the selection of products to be included in planned campaigns for the brands.
• Drive conversations with brands to participate in digital initiatives, such as VTO, skin analysis and power reviews. Support them with information and in delivering required data needed to adopt the technology.
• Build awareness of the Bloomingdales beauty box loyalty and rewards programs with the brands, share regular performance updates and forecasts for the program and urge them to participate and provide SKUs for the boxes.
• Keep abreast of market trends and awareness of competitor activities, both digital only and omnichannel.
• Review buying feedback reports and monitor sales performance on a weekly basis against set targets and provide recommendations to the senior digital buyer and brands as to buying strategy for a respective brand.
• Prepare periodic reports both for the business and as requested by principals analyzing the sale turnover and consumer trends per product to arrive at a proposal to maintain, liquidate or dispose of the stocks in conjunction with planning and/or continue or discontinue product lines.
• Support with contract negotiations ensuring optimum commercial terms are agreed for the business.
• Monitor stock levels negotiating stock returns, swaps or RTVs when required.

People Management Roles and Responsibilities

• While this role is not a management role, the team member should still display leadership to more junior peers.
• Delegate to, train and support junior team members.
• Provide feedback to managers and support with development opportunities, when required.

Job Requirements

Education/Certification and Continued Education

• University degree in any discipline is preferred but not essential.

Years of Experience

• Minimum of 3-5 years' experience in beauty buying or retailing.

About the Company

Established in 1979, Al Tayer Group is a privately-held, diversified company with operations in 12 countries in the Middle East and beyond. With over 7,800 employees from 95 different nationalities, the Group has its headquarters in Dubai, UAE.

Al Tayer Group operates leading, quality-focused businesses in automobile sales and service, luxury and lifestyle retail, perfumes and cosmetics distribution, engineering as well as interiors contracting. The Groups portfolio includes several of the worlds leading brands such as Armani, Bvlgari, Banana Republic, Ford, Ferrari, Gucci, Gap, Harvey Nichols and Maserati. The Group operates over 180 stores across multiple markets in the Middle East. In addition, Al Tayer Group has investments in commercial real estate, contracting, supply chain management, precision tools manufacturing and travel agency services.