Merchandising Executive Job at Apple Search & Selection in Dubai

Merchandising Executive, Up to AED 12,000 per month, Dubai, UAE

Location:  Dubai, UAE

Job Description

Our client is an expanding luxury fashion organization based in Dubai. They are urgently seeking a Merchandising Executive. Multi-brand retail experience is essential.

As the Merchandising Executive you will be required to work within a current team of 5 within the Merchandizing department, in a rapidly growing and diversifying organization and must support a current compliment of staff in the Buying, Operations and Marketing departments.

Some responsibilities will include:

• Communicate with the brands and follow up with their representatives for orders, bookings, invoices, payments, shipments.
• Gather information from section managers on customer preferences and buying behavior
• Maintain regular relations with the brands (half of the brands) for product information, merchandising and training material timely delivery of products.
• Communicate with brands and meet their representatives
• Work with store managers and section managers to optimize the merchandise and brand mix and add/remove/replace categories/brands.
• Contribute to seasonal buying budgets
• Participate in weekly team meetings with Store Manager and Section Managers.
• Carry out assignments as directed by line manager.
• Ensure regular competitor and market analysis is carried out by the shop floor but price comparisons then need to be analyzed and necessary action taken with the buying team, supplier, accounts and stockroom to ensure that all competitors are in line.
• Responsible for Merchandizing development and training.



Required Qualifications
Skills and Experience:

• Educated to certificate level relevant and/or adaptable to the practices of merchandizing & coordinating.
• A minimum of 2 year of merchandizing experience. This will ideally have been gained within medium to large organization(s).
• A good understanding of associated process & practices both general and legal in the retail industry.
• PC literacy – the ability to use Microsoft office with minimum intermediate skills.
• Previous experience of working tools for report generation.

If you have all the skills and experience required please apply now! Due to high volume of received applications, we are unable to respond to each application on individual basis therefore only successful candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 10/01/2014

How to Apply:

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