Senior Buyer

noon; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Noon in Dubai is seeking a Buyer to manage vendor selection and build strong supplier partnerships to accelerate growth across our Noon Minutes platform.

You will monitor market trends, analyze stock and pricing, negotiate terms, and collaborate with teams to maximize sales and margins while ensuring timely replenishment of stock in a fast-paced eCommerce environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or similar field.
• Exposure to the ecommerce industry.
• Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skills.
• Strategic commercial thinker with analytical and critical mindset.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office/Google Suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to drive projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage vendor selection and develop strong vendor partnerships.
• Monitor industry trends and evaluate competition; attend major markets as feasible.
• Perform weekly stock and sales analysis to ensure brands align with plans.
• Review planned deliveries to achieve sales, profitability and turnover.
• Inform pricing strategy through analysis and manage spend within budget.
• Negotiate terms with global suppliers to hit target margins.
• Maintain market awareness to inform buying decisions and product performance.
• Identify strong/weak selling items and report improvements to the selection strategy.
• Meet and manage suppliers to build robust relationships and ensure timely delivery.
• Prioritize and secure favorable credit terms with suppliers.
• Ensure timely and accurate replenishment of stock.
• Maximize sales and margins by understanding price positioning and cost per item.

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Tools

MS Office / Google Suite

Job description

We’re building an ecosystem of digital products and services that power everyday life across the Middle East—fast, scalable, and deeply customer-centric. Our mission is to deliver to every door every day. We want to redefine what technology can do in this region, and we’re looking for a Buyer who can help us move even faster.

Noon’s fastest hyper-local delivery platform, Noon Minutes, offers a localized assortment of FMCG & grocery products with delivery within 15-minutes. Currently live across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, offering thousands of products to customers in record time.

noon’s mission: Every door, every day.

What you'll do:

The job holder will be responsible for managing vendor selection and in developing and maintaining strong vendor partnerships. The role will also be inclusive of responsibilities such as monitoring industry trends and evaluating competition, to attend major markets as feasible and necessary.

• Perform weekly stock and sales analysis to ensure all brands are trending correctly in line with sales plans.
• Review planned deliveries in line with sales targets & percentage mix by category, price level and stock levels to achieve sales, profitability and turnover
• Demonstrate understanding of product and pricing analysis to inform pricing strategy and manage all spend within budgetary requirements.
• Negotiate new & improved working terms with global suppliers to help achieve target margin on all orders up to clearance in line with buying strategy and KPIs.
• Accumulate trend information and generally maintain market awareness in keeping with our target customer to inform and analyze buying decisions and product performance.
• Proactively identify strong and weak selling items and report scope for enhancement to the selection strategy accordingly and report the senior management on a regular basis
• Meet and manage suppliers with a view to building robust and preferential relationships and secure timely delivery of orders.
• Prioritize and secure favorable credit terms with suppliers
• Ensure timely and accurate replenishment of stock
• Maximizing sales and margins. Understanding the price positioning of the products and gleaning knowledge of how the design and specification of the accessories impacts on the target cost price. Ensure all products are developed within these perimeters.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or a similar field
• Some exposure to the eCommerce Industry
• Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skill
• Strategic commercial thinker with impressive analytical skills and critical mindset.
• Strong technical skills in Microsoft Office/Google Suite
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills to drive projects with relevant stakeholders across the organization

Who will excel?

• We’re looking for people with high standards, who understand that hard work matters.
• You need to be relentlessly resourceful and operate with a deep bias for action.
• We need people with the courage to be fiercely original.
• noon is not for everyone; readiness to adapt, pivot, and learn is essential.