Junior Associate Buyer
Job description / Role
Employment: Full Time
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, Armani, and newly added Gymshark and The White Company, to name just a few!
About the role
We are looking for a talented Junior Associate Buyer to join our digital beauty buying team. The Junior Associate Buyer will support the senior team members with the purchases of high-quality merchandise at the most advantageous price to meet and maintain merchandising standards and sales and profit targets.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of eCommerce, buying, and digital innovation, supporting some of the world's most prestigious beauty brands in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
What you'll be doing- Coordinate and follow up on tasks assigned by the Junior Buyer.
- Follow up with brands/suppliers on product samples and ensure that they are available for marketing activations and/or online photoshoots.
- Support with the animation calendar by following up on digital assets, stock, and any other information needed for the online exposures.
- Maintain and coordinate the sampling and gift with purchase calendar by giving feedback and confirmation to brands, and ensure they go live on site as per the schedule.
- Collate the digital promotion line list and provide a recap to the senior team members of the team.
- Support the Junior Buyer with marketing activations such as Bloomies Beauty box and advent calendars.
- Secure new launch templates from brands/suppliers and review the accuracy of the information given.
- Follow up with brands/suppliers on stock deliveries if and when required.
- Perform sales analysis for weekly leadership deck and weekly digital trade meeting.
- Weekly brand communication/calls with key groups on sales performance and upcoming activities.
- Assist the Junior Buyer in scouting for new brands which would fit the platform.
- Ensure that the launch of new brands is executed as per plan.
- Support the Junior Buyer with the management of her portfolio of brands, including price changes, range reviews, and item amendments.
- 1+ years of experience in the beauty buying industry
- Ideally experience with international principals or omnichannel players/pure players
- Excellent in Excel and other Microsoft Office tools
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.
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