Senior Fashion Buyer
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About the Role
Gloria Jeans seeks a Senior Fashion Buyer to take ownership of product assortments across categories like Men, Women, Kids, Accessories, Beauty, Footwear, and Home Decoration.
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Responsibilities
- Build and manage product assortments for the assigned category, ensuring a strong balance between trend relevance, commercial performance, and price positioning
- Define seasonal buying strategies based on market trends, historical sales data, and customer demand
- Select products and develop collections in close collaboration with design teams and suppliers
- Travel to suppliers and sourcing markets to review samples, identify new product opportunities, and develop exclusive items
- Negotiate prices, quantities, and commercial conditions with suppliers to meet margin and cost targets
- Monitor product performance and react quickly to sales trends, adjusting orders and product mix when needed
- Work closely with merchandising and planning teams to optimize stock levels and product availability across stores and channels
- Analyze competitor assortments and market trends to ensure the brand remains competitive and relevant
- Manage the product development calendar to ensure collections are delivered on time and aligned with business priorities
- Contribute to the continuous evolution of the category by identifying new product ideas, materials, and suppliers
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Buyer or Product Manager within a fast paced retail or fashion environment
- Experience working with seasonal collections and managing product assortments across multiple categories or product lines
- Strong understanding of market trends, customer preferences, and the competitive landscape
- Experience working directly with suppliers, including product selection, development follow up, and commercial negotiations
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret sales data and translate insights into buying decisions
- Ability to work in a fast moving environment and react quickly to market changes and product performance
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work cross functionally with design, merchandising, planning, and sourcing teams
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple collections and deadlines simultaneously
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- Fluency in English required; additional languages are a plus
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Company Overview
- We are a fashion retail group that started as a denim specialist in 1988 and has grown into a leading regional fast fashion retailer with over 600 stores, a strong online presence, more than 7,000 employees, and close to 1 billion USD in revenue.
- We bring style and value to millions of customers, offering clothing, footwear, and accessories for women, men, and children, while expanding into new product lines such as home and beauty.
- Now entering a bold new phase of international growth from our global headquarters in Dubai, UAE, we are looking to strengthen our product development and buying teams with world class talent.
Role Overview
- We are currently looking for Senior Buyers across multiple categories who will take ownership of key product areas including Men, Women, Kids, Accessories, Beauty, Footwear, and Home Decoration.
- This role involves building and managing product assortments across a wide range of collections.
- The buyer will work closely with designers and suppliers to identify trends, select products, and develop commercially successful collections within a fast fashion environment.
- The position requires strong market awareness, supplier management skills, and the ability to build balanced assortments that combine trend relevance, product creativity, and commercial performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and manage product assortments for the assigned category, ensuring a strong balance between trend relevance, commercial performance, and price positioning.
- Define seasonal buying strategies based on market trends, historical sales data, and customer demand.
- Select products and develop collections in close collaboration with design teams and suppliers.
- Travel to suppliers and sourcing markets to review samples, identify new product opportunities, and develop exclusive items.
- Negotiate prices, quantities, and commercial conditions with suppliers to meet margin and cost targets.
- Monitor product performance and react quickly to sales trends, adjusting orders and product mix when needed.
- Work closely with merchandising and planning teams to optimize stock levels and product availability across stores and channels.
- Analyze competitor assortments and market trends to ensure the brand remains competitive and relevant.
- Manage the product development calendar to ensure collections are delivered on time and aligned with business priorities.
- Contribute to the continuous evolution of the category by identifying new product ideas, materials, and suppliers.
Profile Requirements
- Proven experience as a Buyer or Product Manager within a fast paced retail or fashion environment.
- Experience working with seasonal collections and managing product assortments across multiple categories or product lines.
- Strong understanding of market trends, customer preferences, and the competitive landscape.
- Experience working directly with suppliers, including product selection, development follow up, and commercial negotiations.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret sales data and translate insights into buying decisions.
- Ability to work in a fast moving environment and react quickly to market changes and product performance.
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work cross functionally with design, merchandising, planning, and sourcing teams.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple collections and deadlines simultaneously.
- Good communication and negotiation skills.
- Fluency in English required; additional languages are a plus.
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