21 Buying Intern jobs in the United Arab Emirates

As a
Buying Administrator
, you will support the Buying team in ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, vendor coordination, and product management. This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about retail, enjoys working with products, and is looking to grow their career in buying and merchandising.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Buyer in managing vendor communications and maintaining strong working relationships.
• Support with contract documentation, renewals, and maintaining accurate records.
• Coordinate product listings, new line setups, and weekly allocations.
• Prepare reports and assist with market research on product trends.
• Track sales performance and provide administrative support in analyzing buying decisions.
• Work closely with Operations and Marketing teams to ensure smooth product launches and promotions.

Requirements:

• 1–2 years of experience in retail buying, merchandising, or an administrative role (internships considered).
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills with attention to detail.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Passion for retail and eagerness to learn about the toy industry.

Why Join Us:

• Be part of the world-famous
  Hamleys experience in Dubai
  .
• Learn directly from experienced Buyers and work with international brands.
• Opportunity to develop skills and grow into a future Buyer role within a dynamic and innovative retail environment.

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Buying Manager is responsible for overseeing and driving the wholesale procurement strategy of used vehicles to meet business objectives. This job manages a team of buyers, sets sourcing strategies, and ensures the acquisition of high-quality vehicles at competitive prices. The Buying Manager plays a critical role in ensuring profitability, optimising inventory turnover, and supporting wholesale growth through strategic sourcing, negotiations, and market insights.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Buying & Market Intelligence:

• Define and implement the wholesale purchasing strategy in alignment with organisational objectives.
• Analyse market trends, competitor activity, pricing shifts, and demand cycles to guide buying decisions.
• Identify high-demand models for wholesale trade and develop sourcing strategies to secure them. Oversee regular benchmarking of competitor pricing and vehicle availability.

Supplier Relationship Management:

• Build, maintain, and expand strong relationships with auction houses, fleet operators, leasing companies, dealerships, and wholesalers.
• Negotiate bulk purchase agreements, long-term supply contracts, and favourable commercial terms.
• Resolve disputes or discrepancies related to vehicle conditions, documentation, or pricing.

Procurement & Inventory Optimization:

• Supervise the sourcing, inspection, and acquisition of vehicles for wholesale resale.
• Ensure vehicles meet wholesale quality standards and regulatory compliance.
• Assess reconditioning and repair costs to optimize profitability in wholesale trade.
• Manage wholesale budgets, ensuring cost-efficient and profitable purchasing decisions.
• Collaborate with sales teams to align vehicle mix with wholesale demand.

Leadership & Team Management:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of buyers and inspectors, ensuring high performance and capability building.
• Allocate responsibilities, monitor performance, and provide training on negotiation, sourcing, and inspection techniques.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Operational Excellence:

• Ensure accuracy and compliance in vehicle documentation, including titles, registrations, and service records.
• Oversee efficient processing, logistics, and delivery of purchased vehicles into wholesale channels. Maintain accurate records of purchases, negotiations, and cost breakdowns for reporting and audit purposes.
• Ensure alignment with company policies, ethical standards, and governance frameworks.

Business Insights & Reporting:

• Provide senior management with market intelligence, supplier performance analysis, and procurement insights.
• Deliver regular reports on purchasing trends, cost savings, profitability, and supplier contributions. Support management in forecasting, inventory planning, and wholesale business development.

General:

• Uphold company values throughout business practices and utilise sound judgment in decision making.
• Any other additional duties as may be required by management based on needs of the business.

MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• A minimum of 7–10 years of experience in automotive buying, procurement, or wholesale operations, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Proven expertise in the used car market, wholesale trading, and supplier negotiations.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Automotive Technology, or a related field.
• Professional certifications in procurement, automotive management, or supply chain are an advantage.

Job Description
POSITION OBJECTIVE

• Plan and select the range, type, quality and quantity of merchandise according to customer demand, trends, store policies and set prices and sell through targets in conjunction with the Brand Manager/GM to ensure they are in line with the budget
• Carry out buying activities in-line with the brand buying plans
• Maintain profitable relationships with existing suppliers and monitor the adherence to the contract terms

Key Responsibilities

Business Strategy:

• Drive the seasonal strategies in line with the brand positioning to formulate Gross Margin Plan
• Develop a fine tuned assortment and investment plan
• Create the sourcing development plan and action the critical path to deliver timely
• Negotiate with new suppliers on product pricing, payment terms, cost of freight, provision of training, and the extent of their involvement in advertising and promotions, to decide on placing a purchase order with the supplier for the concerned product
• OTB Planning

– Manage OTB in tandem with the planning counterpart

• Deliver the seasonal business strategy by monitoring and impacting the critical path, range building and product selection
• Prepare and manage the buying calendar
• Formulate seasonal product focus plan with Marketing and VM to drive key product initiatives
• Focus on holding current business and build new categories
• Conducting customer focus groups and competitive shopping

Performance and Operations:

• Analysis and reporting of weekly sales performance at style, range, category and business unit level against range plan. Take in season action to revise production flows and maximize sales
• Manage TNA plans
• Implement the buying calendar for timely seasonal analysis and range build
• Perform regular competitor surveys to identify product gaps, influence lessons learnt and range plans
• Manage range and product hierarchy and create the seasonal phasing plan
• Responsible for the 'The Look' for the season. Influence product selection, in-store VM as per guidelines and layout planning
• Keep abreast of market trends and awareness of competitor activities
• Manage the product training of staff to ensure up-to-date knowledge. Prepare regular trends training and deliver to the business units
• Review buying feedback reports and provide recommendations to General Manager as to buying strategy for a respective brand/collection

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT
For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What You'll Be Doing
By being part of our journey here at Chalhoub Group, you can make a real impact on customers and some of the finest brands in the world. In return, you'll have everything you need to innovate your career.

• To offer full administrative support throughout the buying process.
• Creating buy sheets
• Checking OC's
• Item Creation/ Item Updates/Supplier Creation
• Chasing Bar codes, HTS codes from brands needed from item creation
• To support with collating FW/SS Buying Presentations
• Support on Hot product alerts/ launch calendar updates
• Aligning with the Purchase coordinator team on deliveries and order amendments
• Scheduling virtual/physical appointments
• Maintain accurate brand Information file & Brand Contact file
• Price updates
• Update Size Scale Tracker & Issues
• Support with Vendor Packs (brand reports for buyers during international buying trips)

What You'll Need To Succeed
We are always looking for ambitious students and graduates from a wide range of backgrounds for our professional internship programs. You will up-skill in the everyday and experience working as a valued member of the team - you will be empowered to innovate, develop and learn in a fun and supportive environment

Are you ready to jump start your career with the Middle East's Leading Luxury Retail Group?

• You will be determined to succeed in all you do
• You take initiative, listen, learn and challenge the status quo
• You think like an entrepreneur and are motivated to create your own success
• You like to have fun and you will bring positivity and a smile to your work and the team

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. To view all our perks and benefits, click here.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply
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 welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

Job Title: Buying Associate

Company: ALT SWITCH MARKETING MANAGEMENT LLC

Location: Dubai

Reports to: Buying Manager

Job Summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Buying Associate to support the buying team in managing inventory, tracking trends, and ensuring timely product procurement. The Buying Associate will work closely with the Senior Buyer and other cross-functional teams to ensure that the right products are sourced and stocked, optimizing sales and profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the product selection process, evaluating trends, customer preferences, and sales data to inform buying decisions.
• Help create and maintain purchase orders for products, ensuring accurate delivery schedules and stock levels.
• Monitor inventory levels and identify any supply chain issues, collaborating with vendors to resolve discrepancies.
• Analyze sales reports and inventory data to help forecast demand and adjust orders accordingly.
• Support in vendor management, including maintaining relationships and negotiating terms with suppliers.
• Coordinate with logistics and warehouse teams to ensure smooth product delivery and stock availability.
• Assist in maintaining pricing, product information, and promotional details for new and existing products.
• Prepare reports on inventory status, sales performance, and other buying-related activities.
• Attend market visits, trade shows, or supplier meetings to keep up with industry trends and product innovations.
• Provide administrative support to the buying team, including managing documents, filing, and data entry.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, merchandising, and finance, to ensure alignment of product strategies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in any related field.
• 1-2 years of experience in buying or merchandising (preferred but not required).
• Strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of sales data, inventory management, and trend forecasting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); familiarity with buying or retail management software is a plus.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a plus
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for retail and a keen interest in current industry trends and consumer behavior.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AED2, AED3,000.00 per month

Currently i am doing buying(Print & Radio) and implementation head for All medium

in Bangalore, India. Ready to relocate. Total 24 years experience in media.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AED6, AED8,000.00 per month

Job Title: Buying Associate

Company: ALT SWITCH MARKETING MANAGEMENT LLC

Location: Dubai

Reports to: Buying Manager

Job Summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Buying Associate to support the buying team in managing inventory, tracking trends, and ensuring timely product procurement. The Buying Associate will work closely with the Senior Buyer and other cross-functional teams to ensure that the right products are sourced and stocked, optimizing sales and profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the product selection process, evaluating trends, customer preferences, and sales data to inform buying decisions.
• Help create and maintain purchase orders for products, ensuring accurate delivery schedules and stock levels.
• Monitor inventory levels and identify any supply chain issues, collaborating with vendors to resolve discrepancies.
• Analyze sales reports and inventory data to help forecast demand and adjust orders accordingly.
• Support in vendor management, including maintaining relationships and negotiating terms with suppliers.
• Coordinate with logistics and warehouse teams to ensure smooth product delivery and stock availability.
• Assist in maintaining pricing, product information, and promotional details for new and existing products.
• Prepare reports on inventory status, sales performance, and other buying-related activities.
• Attend market visits, trade shows, or supplier meetings to keep up with industry trends and product innovations.
• Provide administrative support to the buying team, including managing documents, filing, and data entry.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, merchandising, and finance, to ensure alignment of product strategies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in any related field.
• 1-2 years of experience in buying or merchandising (preferred but not required).
• Strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of sales data, inventory management, and trend forecasting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); familiarity with buying or retail management software is a plus.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a plus
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for retail and a keen interest in current industry trends and consumer behavior.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AED2, AED3,000.00 per month

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The Buying Manager is responsible for overseeing and driving the wholesale procurement strategy of used vehicles to meet business objectives. This job manages a team of buyers, sets sourcing strategies, and ensures the acquisition of high-quality vehicles at competitive prices. The Buying Manager plays a critical role in ensuring profitability, optimising inventory turnover, and supporting wholesale growth through strategic sourcing, negotiations, and market insights.

Strategic Buying & Market Intelligence:

• Define and implement the wholesale purchasing strategy in alignment with organisational objectives.
• Analyse market trends, competitor activity, pricing shifts, and demand cycles to guide buying decisions.
• Identify high-demand models for wholesale trade and develop sourcing strategies to secure them. Oversee regular benchmarking of competitor pricing and vehicle availability.
• Build, maintain, and expand strong relationships with auction houses, fleet operators, leasing companies, dealerships, and wholesalers.
• Negotiate bulk purchase agreements, long-term supply contracts, and favourable commercial terms.
• Resolve disputes or discrepancies related to vehicle conditions, documentation, or pricing.

Procurement & Inventory Optimization:

• Supervise the sourcing, inspection, and acquisition of vehicles for wholesale resale.
• Ensure vehicles meet wholesale quality standards and regulatory compliance.
• Assess reconditioning and repair costs to optimize profitability in wholesale trade.
• Manage wholesale budgets, ensuring cost-efficient and profitable purchasing decisions.
• Collaborate with sales teams to align vehicle mix with wholesale demand.

Leadership & Team Management:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of buyers and inspectors, ensuring high performance and capability building.
• Allocate responsibilities, monitor performance, and provide training on negotiation, sourcing, and inspection techniques. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Operational Excellence:

• Ensure accuracy and compliance in vehicle documentation, including titles, registrations, and service records.
• Oversee efficient processing, logistics, and delivery of purchased vehicles into wholesale channels. Maintain accurate records of purchases, negotiations, and cost breakdowns for reporting and audit purposes.
• Ensure alignment with company policies, ethical standards, and governance frameworks.

Business Insights & Reporting:

• Provide senior management with market intelligence, supplier performance analysis, and procurement insights.
• Deliver regular reports on purchasing trends, cost savings, profitability, and supplier contributions. Support management in forecasting, inventory planning, and wholesale business development.

General:

• Uphold company values throughout business practices and utilise sound judgment in decision making.
• Any other additional duties as may be required by management based on needs of the business.

• A minimum of 7–10 years of experience in automotive buying, procurement, or wholesale operations, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Proven expertise in the used car market, wholesale trading, and supplier negotiations.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Automotive Technology, or a related field.
• Professional certifications in procurement, automotive management, or supply chain are an advantage.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Purchasing
• Industries

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The Buying Manager is responsible for overseeing and driving the wholesale procurement strategy of used vehicles to meet business objectives. This job manages a team of buyers, sets sourcing strategies, and ensures the acquisition of high-quality vehicles at competitive prices. The Buying Manager plays a critical role in ensuring profitability, optimising inventory turnover, and supporting wholesale growth through strategic sourcing, negotiations, and market insights.

Strategic Buying & Market Intelligence:

• Define and implement the wholesale purchasing strategy in alignment with organisational objectives.
• Analyse market trends, competitor activity, pricing shifts, and demand cycles to guide buying decisions.
• Identify high-demand models for wholesale trade and develop sourcing strategies to secure them. Oversee regular benchmarking of competitor pricing and vehicle availability.

Supplier Relationship Management:

• Build, maintain, and expand strong relationships with auction houses, fleet operators, leasing companies, dealerships, and wholesalers.
• Negotiate bulk purchase agreements, long-term supply contracts, and favourable commercial terms.
• Resolve disputes or discrepancies related to vehicle conditions, documentation, or pricing.

Procurement & Inventory Optimization:

• Supervise the sourcing, inspection, and acquisition of vehicles for wholesale resale.
• Ensure vehicles meet wholesale quality standards and regulatory compliance.
• Assess reconditioning and repair costs to optimize profitability in wholesale trade.
• Manage wholesale budgets, ensuring cost-efficient and profitable purchasing decisions.
• Collaborate with sales teams to align vehicle mix with wholesale demand.

Leadership & Team Management:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of buyers and inspectors, ensuring high performance and capability building.
• Allocate responsibilities, monitor performance, and provide training on negotiation, sourcing, and inspection techniques, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Operational Excellence:

• Ensure accuracy and compliance in vehicle documentation, including titles, registrations, and service records.
• Oversee efficient processing, logistics, and delivery of purchased vehicles into wholesale channels. Maintain accurate records of purchases, negotiations, and cost breakdowns for reporting and audit purposes.
• Ensure alignment with company policies, ethical standards, and governance frameworks.

Business Insights & Reporting:

• Provide senior management with market intelligence, supplier performance analysis, and procurement insights.
• Deliver regular reports on purchasing trends, cost savings, profitability, and supplier contributions. Support management in forecasting, inventory planning, and wholesale business development.

General:

• Uphold company values throughout business practices and utilise sound judgment in decision making.
• Any other additional duties as may be required by management based on needs of the business.

• A minimum of 7–10 years of experience in automotive buying, procurement, or wholesale operations, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Proven expertise in the used car market, wholesale trading, and supplier negotiations.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Automotive Technology, or a related field.
• Professional certifications in procurement, automotive management, or supply chain are an advantage.