Buyer (for Retail Brands)

AS Watson Retail (HK) Limited; Sha Tin; On-site; HKD 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free shuttle to Shatin

Medical and life insurance for depend将

Job summary

AS Watson Group is seeking a Buyer to drive category strategy, source innovative products, and optimize assortment and pricing to deliver compelling value for customers in both offline and online channels.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional collaboration to achieve commercial targets and grow market share within Hong Kong’s retail landscape.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to interpret data, identify insights, and make sound recommendations.
• Customer-focused mindset with a passion for understanding consumer needs and shopping behaviors.
• Effective communication and relationship-building skills with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Strong collaboration skills to thrive in a fast-paced team environment.
• Good commercial awareness with understanding of market trends and competitive dynamics.
• Proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools.
• Experience in supplier management and commercial negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of category strategies to drive sales, profitability, and market share.
• Source new, innovative, and customer-relevant products to strengthen category performance.
• Analyze market trends, customer insights, and performance data to identify growth opportunities.
• Manage product assortment and pricing to meet customer needs and business objectives.
• Build effective partnerships with suppliers and support commercial negotiations.
• Collaborate with merchandising, marketing, supply chain, eCommerce, and store operations teams to deliver a seamless O+O customer experience.
• Monitor category performance and recommend actions using a scientific and data-driven approach.
• Support promotional campaigns and trading initiatives to accelerate category growth.
• Contribute to achieving category KPIs and commercial targets.

Skills

Analytical skills

Customer-focused

Communication skills

Collaboration

Commercial awareness

Excel/data analysis tools

Tools

Excel

Job description

At AS Watson, we believe in our people, in teamwork and the importance of your personal growth.If you are looking for the opportunity to join our award-winning international familywith over 17,000 stores across 31 markets in Asia and Europe, the ASW family welcomes you…

You can enjoy:

Convenient office location, less than 5 min. walk from MTR

Free round-trip lunchtime shuttle bus services to Shatin

Comprehensive Medical and Life insurance coverage, including your spouse and children

Well-equipped Gym inside our office building

Onsite Clinic and Lactation Room

Why This Role Matters:

As a Buyer, you play a key role in delivering the right products, value, and shopping experiences to our customers. By combining market insights, supplier partnerships, and a customer-focused mindset, you help shape a compelling product assortment that supports our O+O (Offline + Online) business model and drives commercial success. Your work contributes directly to business growth while putting a smile on customers' faces every day.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Support the development and execution of category strategies to drive sales, profitability, and market share.

Source new, innovative, and customer-relevant products to strengthen category performance.

Analyze market trends, customer insights, and performance data to identify growth opportunities.

Manage product assortment and pricing to meet customer needs and business objectives.

Build effective partnerships with suppliers and support commercial negotiations.

Collaborate closely with merchandising, marketing, supply chain, eCommerce, and store operations teams to deliver a seamless O+O customer experience.

Monitor category performance and recommend actions using a scientific and data-driven approach.

Support promotional campaigns and trading initiatives to accelerate category growth.

Contribute to achieving category KPIs and commercial targets.

What You’ll Bring:

Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify insights, and make sound recommendations.

Customer-focused mindset with a passion for understanding consumer needs and shopping behaviors.

Effective communication and relationship‑building skills to work with suppliers and cross‑functional teams.

Strong collaboration skills and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced team environment.

Good commercial awareness with an understanding of market trends and competitive dynamics.

Well‑organized, detail‑oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Experience in supplier management and commercial negotiation.

Familiarity with retail, health & beauty, FMCG, or consumer‑focused categories is an advantage.

Proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools.

How You Will Make An Impact:

Success in this role means using data, market insights, and collaboration to deliver a winning category strategy. You will help grow category performance, strengthen supplier partnerships, enhance the O+O customer journey, and ensure customers can discover the right products at the right value, whenever and wherever they shop.

What is holding you back?

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. The information provided will be treated in strict confidence and be used only for consideration of your application for relevant/ similar posts within the AS Watson Group.

AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, is operating over 17,000 stores under 12 retail brands in 31 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2025, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of US$26 billion. Every year, we are serving over 6 billion shoppers via our O+O (Offline plus Online) technology‑enabled platforms. Together with our 12 retail brands including Watsons, Kruidvat, Trekpleister, Superdrug, Savers, Rossmann, Drogas, ICI PARIS XL, The Perfume Shop, PARKnSHOP, FORTRESS and Watson’s Wine, we set O+O (Offline Plus Online) as the new standard for retail.

AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, is operating over 17,000 stores under 12 retail brands in 31 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2025, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of US$26 billion. Every year, we are serving over 6 billion shoppers via our O+O (Offline plus Online) technology‑enabled platforms. Together with our 12 retail brands including Watsons, Kruidvat, Trekpleister, Superdrug, Savers, Rossmann, Drogas, ICI PARIS XL, The Perfume Shop, PARKnSHOP, FORTRESS and Watson’s Wine, we set O+O (Offline Plus Online) as the new standard for retail.