Head of Buying

Are you a high calibre womenswear buying leader with a taste for expat life? Would you like to explore life in Dubai with plenty of perks ( most importantly tax free income!)?

A major global brand is seeking a Head of Buying to lead their womenswear category (200million USD+ turnover). The role will suit someone who has had experience in this category preferably within large format commercial high street retail and is willing to explore an emerging market.

What will be your role?
As a Head of Buying Womenswear, you will:

• Lead the entire category from a product strategy point of view
• Be responsible for all key commercial deliverables such as margins, turnover, costs, lead time, etc
• Be the brand ambassador for this category to all key stakeholders such as vendors,
• design teams, marketing, visual, retail and the Board.
• Manage your budgets, P&L and OTB
• Build a high performing team and mentor them
• Build key strategic relationships with vendors and command loyalty through
• effective supplier management models
• Set benchmarks in quality, ethics and excellence in product
• Lead turnaround /turn key projects such as revamping the brand image or
• perception of a certain category/brand

Who are you?
As a Head of Womenswear Buying you will ideally:

• Be a senior buying leader with a strong background in commercial high street
• womenswear ideally in UK or Europe
• Be highly commercial and have strong negotiation skills
• Be well placed to implement international standards and product benchmarks in a growing and developing market
• Be willing to take a challenge on and commit to the job in Dubai

How well do they look after their expats?
Dubai is the global hub for expats currently and is home to all major international brands. As a result there is a strong international community out here. Our client offers competitive expat packages that includes a salary , performance linked bonus and benefits. They will of course support your relocation along with any dependents who may be moving with you.

If this is something you would like to explore, do apply in confidence or reach out to
Poulami or Shomik on:
poulami@silkrouterecruit.co.uk
shomik@silkrouterecruit.co.uk

If this isn’t you, but you would still like to discuss your career, we are all ears!
Be assured, all conversations, communication, applications are all in confidence.