Beauty Buyer

Al Tayer Group Career site; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

Al Tayer Insignia is seeking a strategic Beauty Buyer to lead planning, forecasting, and purchasing of a premium product assortment across online and offline channels. The role focuses on identifying the right product mix, volumes, and profitability while aligning with brand positioning.

You will work across prestige and luxury beauty brands, collaborating with global partners and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, trend-led environment to shape the beauty offering in the GCC region.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in the field of Buying & Retailing in the Beauty industry, preferably multi-brand.
• 5+ years' experience in Buying with clear focus on Beauty.

Responsibilities

• Analyse market trends, consumer preferences, sell through, seasonal demands to shape buying strategy.
• Plan and select the range, type, quality and quantity of merchandise according to demand and budgets.
• Maintain profitable relationships with existing suppliers/principals and monitor contract terms.
• Monitor stock levels across stores and coordinate with planning to optimize stock levels.
• Support promotions and campaigns with timely product availability and analysis of performance.
• Review buying feedback and provide recommendations to refine category strategy.
• Conduct regular store visits to review brand performance and competitor activity.
• Lead product knowledge training for staff to ensure up-to-date information.

Skills

Buying experience

Beauty industry

Multi-brand experience

Job description

At Al Tayer Insignia, your career is more than a job - it's a journey into the heart of luxury retail. For over 40 years, we've partnered with the world's most iconic brands, creating award-winning retail experiences across our boutiques, department stores, and leading online platforms. With stores and outlets across the GCC and a truly seamless omnichannel presence, we bring style, innovation, and heritage together. Here, you'll join a diverse, customer obsessed, passionate team that celebrates creativity, values individuality, and empowers you to grow. Join us on our journey, reimagining fashion and redefining the meaning of luxury in the region.

Job Description

We're looking for a passionate and strategic Beauty Buyer to lead the planning, forecasting, and purchasing of a commercially strong and customer-focused product assortment. This role is key in identifying the right product mix and buying volumes that not only meet evolving customer needs but also drive profitability and support brand positioning.

You'll be working across an exciting portfolio of prestige and luxury beauty brands with exposure to both online and offline retail channels. This is a unique opportunity to shape the beauty offering in a fast-paced, trend-led environment, while collaborating closely with global brand partners and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Functional Roles and Responsibilities

• Analyse market trends, consumer preferences, sell through, seasonal demands etc to formulate a buying practice in line with consumer /store demands
• Plan and select the range, type, quality and quantity of merchandise according to customer demand, trends, store policies and set prices and sell through targets in conjunction with the Division Merchandise Manager/GMM to ensure they are in line with the budget
• Carry out purchasing activities in line with the brand purchase plans.
• Maintain profitable relationships with existing suppliers/principals, and monitor the adherence to the contract terms
• Monitor the stock levels in the stores; coordinate with planning team to maintain optimal stock levels in line with the consumer demand.
• Support the promotional activities in the store and ensure the merchandise is available in time and in right quantities. Receive and analyse reports on the activities and provide recommendations to the DMM when required.
• Support PR and Marketing teams by guiding and validating the selection of products to be included in planned campaign
• Keep abreast of market trends and awareness of competitor activities
• Negotiate with suppliers on provision of training for the concerned product. Manage the brand training of staff in the area to ensure that the product knowledge is up to date and that all staff are knowledgeable on new products/trends. Prepare regular trends training and deliver to the business units.
• Review buying feedback reports and monitor sales performance on weekly basis against set targets and provide recommendations to DMM as to buying strategy for a respective brand.
• Prepare periodic reports both for the business and as requested by principals analysing the sale turnover and consumer trends per product to arrive at a proposal to maintain/liquidate/dispose off the stocks in conjunction with Planning and/or continue/discontinue product lines.
• Conduct regular store visits in all markets to review brand performance and competitor activities

People Management Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to subordinates towards the achievement of goals and objectives.

Qualifications

Experience:

• Proven track record in the field of Buying & Retailing in the Beauty industry, preferably multi-brand
• 5+ years' experience in Buying with clear focus on Beauty