NEWGEN Program – Supply Chain Trainee

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  

 The Supply Planning and Regulations Trainee will assist in the preparation and submission of product registration documents to regulatory agencies. You will also support planning processes and ensure alignment with business needs.

Products Registration:

• Coordinate with the suppliers to gather the needed documents required to register products with the governmental authorities to sell products (product formulations, artwork, and safety data…)
• Review the documents and share the feedback with the suppliers
• Submit product registration documents to regulatory stakeholders on time in line with the launch calendar in order to submit the file to the governmental authority
• Follow up with the contact person for the registration status and make sure that it is active in line with the launch calendar
• Keep records of all registration documents on the brand shared folder and update the relevant status tracker

Master Data Management:

• New suppliers, customers, and items creation submission in the system
• Follow up with the MDM team on the creation status

Inventory Management & Fulfillment:

• Learn to develop and test various stock size, composition, and age profiles, recommending the best stock models to support demand and business plans.
• Support supply planning efforts across functions to fulfill business needs, including participation in the S&OP process.
• Assist in identifying gaps in current supply or demand plans and propose remedial actions.
• Leverage order generation algorithms to ensure stock availability and monitor adherence to the demand plan.

Learning and Development:

• Participate in training programs to build your understanding of supply chain management principles.
• Gain exposure to data analytics, forecasting, and inventory management tools and techniques.
• Work under the guidance of experienced supply planners to develop your skills and knowledge in supply chain planning.

What you’ll need to succeed  

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Statistics.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PPT skills.
• Strong communications and stakeholder management.

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.  

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.