Head of Buying (Trend-Led)
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About the Role
We are hiring a Head of Buying to build a trend-driven retail engine for a toys retail company. This role sits at the intersection of product, culture, and speed, requiring someone plugged into TikTok, Instagram, and emerging culture to convert trends into fast-selling products.
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Responsibilities
- Spot trends early across TikTok, Instagram, and global markets
- Identify products and brands before they become mainstream
- Move fast from trend to sourcing to in store execution
- Build a pipeline of fast moving, high demand products
- Take full ownership of sell through and product performance
Requirements
- Experience in high velocity or trend led retail environments
- Ability to spot trends early across TikTok, Instagram, and global markets
- Fast, instinctive, and commercially sharp
- Obsessed with product performance and speed to market
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Overview
- We are hiring a Head of Buying to build a trend driven retail engine for a toys retail company.
- This role sits at the intersection of product, culture, and speed.
- This is not traditional buying.
You will
- Spot trends early across TikTok, Instagram, and global markets
- Identify products and brands before they become mainstream
- Move fast from trend → sourcing → in store execution
- Build a pipeline of fast moving, high demand products
- Take full ownership of sell through and product performance
We are looking for someone who
- Lives and breathes trends, not studies them after the fact
- Understands what will sell before others do
- Is fast, instinctive, and commercially sharp
- Has experience in high velocity or trend led retail environments
- Is obsessed with product performance and speed to market
Additional Info
- This is a high impact role with full ownership of product direction.
- Dubai based.
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