Assistant Buyer - Menswear

Landmark Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Landmark Group is seeking a skilled professional to support buying execution and product development across multiple categories in Dubai. The role focuses on range planning, supplier coordination, and timely product delivery, ensuring alignment with commercial goals and quality standards.

You will collaborate with Design, Sourcing, Quality, Logistics, and Planning teams to drive successful product launches, monitor performance, and contribute to seasonal strategy development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Fashion, Retail, or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in Buying, Product Development, Merchandising, or Category retail environments.
• Strong understanding of product development, garment construction, fabrics, costing, and buying processes.

Responsibilities

• Research market, competitor, trend, and product research across categories, fabrics, technologies, and customer trends.
• Coordinate product development with suppliers and sample development based on approved tech packs and category requirements.
• Support range planning through inputs on styles, colour rankings, RSP, FOB, and category performance trends.
• Coordinate with suppliers on sample development, costing discussions, product changes, and delivery timelines.
• Track supplier development status and production readiness to ensure timely execution.
• Monitor weekly trade performance, sell-through, stock movement, and collection performance across categories.

Skills

Market research

Trend analysis

Supplier coordination

PLM governance

Data accuracy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Fashion/Retail

Tools

Power BI

PLM systems

Excel

Job description

To support buying execution for categories through product development, supplier coordination,

range planning, order management, and trade analysis. The role focuses on ensuring timely

product execution, commercial alignment, data accuracy, and seamless coordination across

buying, planning, sourcing, quality, and logistics functions to deliver the right product at the right

price, quality, and timeline.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Research & Seasonal Strategy

• Conduct market, competitor, trend, and product research across categories, fabrics, technologies, and customer trends.


• Analyse historical performance, best sellers, product gaps, and seasonal learnings to support category strategy.


• Support seasonal planning through competitor benchmarking, pricing analysis, and category growth recommendations.


• Identify new product opportunities, supplier capabilities, and innovation trends aligned to business needs.

Product Development & Range Planning

• Collaborate with Design teams on collection planning, range development, colour direction, and product concepts.


• Coordinate sample development with suppliers based on approved tech packs and category requirements.


• Support range planning through inputs on styles, colour rankings, RSP, FOB, and category performance trends.


• Ensure assortments align with commercial objectives, trend direction, and seasonal strategy.


• Coordinate with suppliers on sample development, costing discussions, product changes, and delivery timelines.


• Work with Sourcing teams on open costing, negotiations, margin alignment, and supplier onboarding.


• Support supplier coordination for categories and external brands, including authorisation and compliance requirements.


• Track supplier development status and production readiness to ensure timely execution.

Order Management & PLM Governance

• Coordinate product creation, supplier allocation, costing inputs, and product attribute updates in PLM systems.


• Validate data accuracy, pricing updates, and product information before order finalisation.


• Coordinate with Planning teams on quantity alignment, territory allocation, and order execution.


• Track order status, PI confirmations, delivery timelines, and shipment readiness.

Product Quality & Launch Readiness

• Coordinate with Quality teams on fit sessions, fabric approvals, sample feedback, and product corrections.


• Track inspection status, shipment approvals, ASN updates, shortages, and delivery escalations.


• Coordinate with Logistics teams to ensure on-time product availability and shipment execution.


• Support VM and Creative teams with VM packs, product launches, and promotional communication.


• Monitor weekly trade performance, sell-through, stock movement, and collection performance across categories.


• Analyse DSRs, product performance reports, and category trends to identify best sellers and slow movers.


• Support trade reviews through analysis of pricing, inventory movement, product performance, and timing effectiveness.


• Document seasonal learnings and product performance insights for future buying decisions.

JOB SCOPE:

• Support seasonal buying strategy through market research, trend analysis, competitor benchmarking, and category insights.


• Coordinate product development, sample execution, range planning, and supplier follow-ups across categories.


• Support costing alignment, supplier negotiations, PLM governance, and order execution processes.


• Coordinate with Planning teams on quantity alignment, territory allocation, delivery timelines, and inventory readiness.


• Monitor trade performance, sell-through, product movement, and category performance to support business reviews and corrective actions.


• Collaborate with Design, Planning, Sourcing, Quality, Logistics, VM, and Creative teams to ensure smooth execution across buying cycles and overlapping product seasons.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion, Fashion Technology, Garment Manufacturing, Merchandising, Retail, or related field.


• 2–5 years of experience in Buying, Product Development, Merchandising, or Category retail environments.


• Strong understanding of product development, garment construction, fabrics, costing, and buying processes.

Preferred/ Advantageous:

• Experience in Category, Athleisure, Performance Wear, or Lifestyle retail categories.


• Exposure to supplier management, sourcing processes, and open costing discussions.


• Working knowledge of PLM systems, retail dashboards, and Power BI tools.