Landmark Group
Assistant Manager - Buying
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 10/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
26/08/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Experienced
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
10/10/2026
Job description
In this role you will conduct trend research, competitive analysis, and consumer insights to build a compelling product range for Splash's Men's Wear category, part of Landmark Group. You will partner with Design and Planning teams to ensure alignment with brand direction and assortment needs, executing the seasonal buying strategy for Men's Wear. You are responsible for building reports on revenue, margin, and sell-through targets, monitoring weekly performance and analyzing KPIs to take corrective actions that optimize sales and profitability. Your responsibilities include participating in Open-To-Buy (OTB) management in collaboration with Planning teams. You will build strong relationships with vendors and suppliers across key sourcing markets, negotiating costs, margins, payment terms, and delivery timelines to maximize profitability, and you are responsible for sourcing new suppliers to drive innovation and cost efficiency. You will oversee sampling, product development, and approvals in line with brand quality standards, ensuring timely order placement, tracking, and shipment follow-ups. In this role you will coordinate closely with Visual Merchandising, Marketing, and Retail teams for seasonal launches and promotions, and work with QC teams to ensure product quality and compliance.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Conduct trend research, competitive analysis, and consumer insights to build a compelling product range
- Partner with Design and Planning teams to ensure alignment with brand direction and assortment needs
- Execute the seasonal buying strategy for Men's Wear
- Build reports on revenue, margin, and sell-through targets
- Monitor weekly performance, analyze KPIs, and take corrective actions to optimize sales and profitability
- Participate in OTB management in collaboration with Planning teams
- Build strong relationships with vendors and suppliers across key sourcing markets
- Negotiate costs, margins, payment terms, and delivery timelines to maximize profitability
- Source new suppliers to drive innovation and cost efficiency
- Oversee sampling, product development, and approvals in line with brand quality standards
- Ensure timely order placement, tracking, and shipment follow-ups
- Coordinate closely with VM, Marketing, and Retail teams for seasonal launches and promotions
- Work with QC teams to ensure product quality and compliance
Experience & skills
- Bring 5 or more years of experience in Buying, ideally built within a fashion retail environment where seasonal range planning and vendor negotiation were core parts of the role
- Show experience specifically within Men's Apparel buying, since this role centers on building and executing the seasonal buying strategy for the Men's Wear category
- Demonstrate strong understanding of seasonal fashion trends, fabrics, fits, and silhouettes, given the role's responsibility for trend research and building a compelling, on-trend product range
- Show excellent negotiation skills, particularly around cost, margin, payment terms, and delivery timelines, since the role involves direct vendor negotiations across sourcing markets
- Demonstrate strong vendor management capability, including the ability to build and sustain relationships with suppliers across multiple sourcing regions
- Show strong analytical ability, since the role requires building reports on revenue, margin, and sell-through, and taking corrective action based on weekly KPI analysis
- Demonstrate strong planning skills relevant to Open-To-Buy management, seasonal assortment planning, and coordinating product development timelines
- Show strong communication skills suited to close cross-functional coordination with Design, Planning, Visual Merchandising, Marketing, Retail, and QC teams
- Experience working with regional and international sourcing hubs is an advantage, reflecting the global nature of apparel sourcing and the need to manage suppliers across different markets
- Demonstrate the ability to oversee product development activities including sampling and approvals, ensuring products meet brand quality standards before reaching stores