Trainee - Supply Planning

Chalhoub Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 167,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Chalhoub Group in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a detail-oriented procurement professional to manage purchase orders and monitor stock across stores and warehouses.

You will drive replenishment, coordinate launches, and ensure on-time availability for core and hero products, working with brand, logistics, and retail teams.

This role emphasizes data analysis, reporting, and continuous process optimization to support strategic category planning.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to interpret data.
• Numerically driven with high accuracy and detail.
• Proficient in Excel and comfortable with data, formulas, and reports.
• Aptitude for numbers, systems, and process optimization.
• Highly organized and methodical; manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across teams and functions.
• Proactive and curious, eager to learn and continuously improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Create and process purchase orders aligned with brand/category requirements.
• Monitor PO status, resolve discrepancies, and reconcile records.
• Track stock levels across stores and warehouses for core products.
• Initiate replenishment orders based on sales trends, stock coverage, and activations.
• Track shipment and delivery schedules to ensure on-time availability for launch dates.
• Coordinate timing and logistics for new product launches with brand, logistics, and retail teams.
• Collect and consolidate sales, stock, and purchase data for planning.
• Analyze performance metrics to identify trends and improvements.
• Share regular reports and insights with management and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Numerically driven

Aptitude for numbers, systems, and wro

Highly organized and methodical

Collaborative mindset across teams

Proactive and curious

Tools

Excel

Job description

- Create and process purchase orders (POs) accurately and in line with brand and category requirements.

- Monitor PO status, resolve discrepancies, and ensure all records are maintained and reconciled.

- Track stock levels across stores and warehouses to maintain optimal availability of core and hero products.

- Initiate replenishment orders based on sales trends, stock coverage, and upcoming activations.

- Track shipment and delivery schedules to guarantee on-time availability for launch dates.

- Manage timing and logistics for new product launches in collaboration with brand, logistics, and retail teams.

- Collect and consolidate sales, stock, and purchase data to support category planning and decision-making.

- Analyze performance metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

- Share regular reports and key insights with management and cross-functional teams.

What you'll need to succeed

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data and identify key insights.

• Numerically driven with high attention to accuracy and detail.

• Proficient in Excel and comfortable working with data, formulas, and reports.

• Demonstrates a strong aptitude for numbers, systems, and process optimization.

• Highly organized and methodical, able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across teams and functions.

• Proactive and curious, eager to learn and continuously improve processes.

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 employeediscounts.

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.