Job Title: Jr. Buyer 
Hours: Full Time
Department: Commercial
Location: Dubai, UAE
Company Profile:
el Grocer is the UAE based online grocery and one of the fastest-growing companies in e-commerce. We’ve been working towards creating a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Groceries delivered to your door in as little as an hour. It seems simple, right? Well, it’s more complex than that. From re-routing deliveries during sandstorms & sunny summers, to connecting customers with coupons and deals for their favorite brands, to updating over half a billion grocery data lines every night...our efforts bring el Grocer closer to being the operating system for the grocery industry. 
Company URL : https://www.elgrocer.com/
What You’ll Be Doing
Buyers are responsible for sourcing, developing and introducing product ranges the dark store and our customer base.
Buying is an important and responsible role as profitability can be affected by how successfully their work is undertaken. The buyer can enhance profits by acquiring suitable goods at competitive prices through sensible planning and careful purchasing. It’s very important for buyers to understand their target audience and be able to predict future trends so that they can purchase what customers want.
Main Responsibilities: 
 
Full Ownership over the category purchasing role in terms of Assortments, listing, Pricing, Offers, and Supply.
Reviewing and resolving any issues with local suppliers and Assortment.
Responsible for ensuring we have the required right inventory at the warehouse by analysing the current inventory status and updating the ordering parameters.
Daily monitoring of stock movement, running report of daily inventory adjustment.
Maintaining parameters of the replenishment model and making sure it is accurately input into the system, including lead times, reorder point, economic order quantities, suppliers minimum order quantities, etc.
Preparing demand forecasts and initiating orders to the warehouse and tracking receipt of such orders and managing the relevant inventory in coordination with the Head of Dark store.
Ensuring timely and accurate analysis and reporting of inventory and purchase forecasts
Dispatching orders to suppliers and ensuring proper tracking
Liaising with suppliers for improving collaborative forecasting planning and replenishment
Seller Management – Identifying, onboarding, and managing key sellers for brands
Following up and ensuring effective execution of all activities required for each promotional event.
Pricing – Maintaining price competitiveness (in comparison with offline retail) + benchmarking with the competition.
To Achieve KPI Targets.
 
Requirements:
2+ years of experience in buying, merchandising, or category management
proven work experience as an FMCG, Non-food Retail Buyer or relevant role
Demonstrable ability to communicate, present and influence key stakeholders at all levels of an organization,
Sharp attention to detail
Highly numerical, analytical, and data-driven with
Proficiency in MS office-excel
A bachelor’s degree
Language skills: Fluent English and Arabic would be highly advantageous