Senior Buying Manager - Level Shoes

Chalhoub Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Exclusive employee discounts

Remote & flexible working

Job summary

Chalhoub Group, a leader in luxury retail in the Middle East, invites a senior buyers leader to shape the footwear and accessories assortment for Level Shoes. You will drive buying strategy, lead seasonal cycles, manage OTB, and forge strategic partnerships with international brands.

You will collaborate with Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Digital teams to deliver a seamless omnichannel experience, while mentoring a high‑performing buying team and translating market trends

Qualifications

• Significant buying leadership experience within a luxury retail environment.
• Experience buying for footwear and/or accessories within a multi-brand luxury retailer or luxury department store.
• Experience managing both retail stores and eCommerce buying strategies.
• Strong commercial acumen with ownership of OTB, margins, financial performance, and category strategy.
• Existing relationships with international luxury brands and the ability to influence senior stakeholders from day one.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to engage with senior executive stakeholders
• Proven experience leading and developing buying teams.
• Strong understanding of luxury consumers, fashion trends, and the GCC retail landscape.
• Experience within Men's buying is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the buying strategy across luxury footwear and accessories, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Lead seasonal buying, assortment planning, OTB management, and product lifecycle decisions to maximize sales, margin, and profitability.
• Build and strengthen relationships with international luxury brands, negotiating commercial terms and creating long-term strategic partnerships.
• Represent Level Shoes with confidence, engaging with CEOs, Brand Directors, and senior stakeholders across the luxury industry.
• Continuously identify market trends, new brands, and commercial opportunities to keep the assortment relevant and differentiated.
• Partner closely with Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Digital teams to deliver a seamless omnichannel customer experience.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Buyers, fostering a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and results.
• Monitor brand performance and make strategic decisions around growth opportunities, assortment optimization, and portfolio evolution.

Skills

Buying leadership

Footwear & accessories

Luxury retail

Stakeholder management

Omnichannel buying

Negotiation

Job description

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality - bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse - the Group's innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM. Their collective efforts have earned the Group the Great Place to Work® certification in several markets.

Sustainability is at the core of the Group's strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and execute the buying strategy across luxury footwear and accessories, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Lead seasonal buying, assortment planning, OTB management, and product lifecycle decisions to maximize sales, margin, and profitability.
• Build and strengthen relationships with international luxury brands, negotiating commercial terms and creating long-term strategic partnerships.
• Represent Level Shoes with confidence, engaging with CEOs, Brand Directors, and senior stakeholders across the luxury industry.
• Continuously identify market trends, new brands, and commercial opportunities to keep the assortment relevant and differentiated.
• Partner closely with Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Digital teams to deliver a seamless omnichannel customer experience.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Buyers, fostering a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and results.
• Monitor brand performance and make strategic decisions around growth opportunities, assortment optimization, and portfolio evolution.

What You'll Need To Succeed

• Significant buying leadership experience within a luxury retail environment.
• Experience buying for footwear and/or accessories within a multi-brand luxury retailer or luxury department store.
• Experience managing both retail stores and eCommerce buying strategies.
• Strong commercial acumen with ownership of OTB, margins, financial performance, and category strategy.
• Existing relationships with international luxury brands and the ability to influence senior stakeholders from day one.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to engage with senior executive stakeholders
• Proven experience leading and developing buying teams.
• Strong understanding of luxury consumers, fashion trends, and the GCC retail landscape.
• Experience within Men's buying is highly desirable.

What We Can Offer You

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

• We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

Using GenAI in Your Application Process

To support a fair and consistent experience for all candidates, we ask that assessments and interviews are completed independently and without assistance from generative AI tools. This ensures we understand your strengths, your thinking, and how you approach real situations.

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.