Quest Search and Selection is working with leading fashion and lifestyle brand in the Middle East looking for a Director of Merchandising to join their team in Kuwait. We are ideally looking for someone with extensive merchandising experience for a private label or retail brand.
As the Director of Merchandising, you will:
- Lead the merchandising team in all Planning, Buying, Allocation, and Production activities
- Gather key insights from category, market data, and past sales performance to guide strategic initiatives, gain competitive advantage, and suggest process enhancements.
- Ensure achievement of budget, stocks and sales KPIs to maintain company profitability.
- Lead review sessions to ensure critical issues are addressed and overall business objectives are met
- Keep abreast with industry trends and best practices
- Lead, monitor, coach, and manage merchandising team
Desirable skills and background:
- Bachelor's degree, with at least 5 years' experience in similar role
- Experience as a Chief Merchandising Officer, Merchandising Head or equivalent within the fashion / lifestyle / private label sector
- Highly analytical, with strong decision-making and strategic thinking skills, excellent judgement, communication, and confidence
- Experience and ability to drive merchandising plans into profitable results.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Languages: English, Arabic (advantage)
If you are a proven Merchandising professional looking for a new challenge to advance your career and a rewarding role, please apply today with your updated CV.
We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.
Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Job Details
| Posted Date: | 2019-09-15 |
| Job Location: | Kuwait |
| Job Role: | Management |
| Company Industry: | Wholesale & Import/Export Trade |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Director/Head |
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