Associate Buyer Al Tayer Insignia

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, and Armani, to name just a few! About The Role As an Associate Buyer - Bags and Accessories , you will be responsible for planning, directing, and controlling the area's sales through its purchases of high-quality merchandise at the most advantageous price, in order to meet and maintain merchandising standards and sales and profit objectives.
What You'll Be Doing Functional Roles and Responsibilities:
Maintain the return of all faulty merchandise to the supplier with the accompanying red debit correctly made out to ensure the department receives a credit.
Ensure that all samples are returned to the supplier when no longer required as applicable.
Enter the orders onto the system once the buyers return from buying trips and ensure minimum discrepancies.
Pay regular visits to the warehouse to resolve any shipment discrepancies and delays, and liaise with the suppliers in case of any variance/damage to prompt immediate corrective action.
Maintain regular communication with suppliers as applicable.
Assist with the efficient ordering, delivery, and payment of merchandise to reduce the likelihood of queries and problems.
Assist the Buyer in researching and selecting from home and abroad, the best quality merchandise suppliers have to offer at the best price to maximize sales and profit margins.
In conjunction with the Buyer, control the selection of merchandise for the Sales within the agreed markdown and to reach the agreed stock level.
Place re-orders as applicable in consultation with buyers and communicate relevant information to all relevant parties in planning and supply chain.
Maintain an accurate database of vendor agreements and forward completed vendor agreements to Merchandise Planning.
Assist sales staff and management with customer service by placing special orders and providing information on stock availability and product knowledge.
Consolidate buying feedback reports and provide buyers with reports and recommendations per brand portfolio.
People Management Roles and Responsibilities:
Assumes responsibility for the outcomes of others.
Promotes a sense of urgency and establishes and enforces individual accountability in the team.
Works with people to establish explicit performance standards.
Is completely on top of what is going on and knows where things stand.
Provides balanced feedback at the most critical times.
Proactively develops relationships with a wide variety of people.
Builds immediate rapport, even when facing difficult or tense situations.
Understands interpersonal and group dynamics and reacts in an effective manner.
Engages input from others constantly and listens with empathy and concern.
Readily distinguishes between what's relevant and what's unimportant to make sense of complex situations.
Looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
Analyzes multiple and diverse sources of information to define problems accurately before moving to solutions.
Delivers messages in a clear, compelling, and concise manner.
Articulates messages in a way that is broadly understandable.
Adjusts communication content and style to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders.
Takes consistent action to develop new skills.
Finds ways to apply strengths to new issues.
Is aware of the skills needed to be successful in different situations and levels.
Seeks assignments that stretch him/her beyond comfort zone.
Decisively makes high-quality decisions, even when based on incomplete information or in the face of uncertainty.
Actively seeks input from pertinent sources to make timely and well-informed decisions.
Skillfully separates opinions from facts.
Is respected by others for displaying superior judgment.
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