Buyer | LOOKFANTASTIC

Life at THG Beauty 

We know that beauty isn’t one-size-fits-all. Our portfolio of leading retailers and iconic beauty brands caters to everyone, everywhere, empowering customers all over the world to look and feel fantastic.

By combining our portfolio of owned brands with a marketplace for over 1,300 third-party beauty brands through online retail sites LOOKFANTASTIC, Cult Beauty, and Dermstore, THG Beauty's ambition is to be the global digital partner of choice across the beauty industry, supporting the channel shift to online.

THG Beauty’s breadth of relationships is unique to the beauty market; it engages with brands as a retailer, a brand owner, and a product developer and manufacturer, making it the industry’s digital strategic leader. 

Why be a Buyer at THG Beauty?  

A fantastic opportunity to be part of a commercially driven, strategic team who shape our offering at Lookfantastic. The Buyer is responsible for strategically building, managing and reporting on the performance of brand and product offering for Lookfantastic in line with business KPI’s and vision.  
 

As a Buyer, you’ll:   

• Collaborate with the Senior Buyer/Head of Buying to plan, build and execute plans for sustainable growth and development of the department   

• Develop a departmental strategy to deliver business KPI’s  

• Conducts regular reviews of ranges within their brands and stock management.  

• Build strong brand relationships to be the partner of choice, developing mid to long term strategic plans, securing exclusive brand and product launches, marketing investment and commercial drivers   

• Work collaboratively across multiple departments, communicating and influencing effectively as well as conducting regular meetings with key stakeholders   

• Be responsible for delivering the department and brand budgets in line with agreed KPI’s   

• Continuously monitor and review of department performance to analyse sales patterns business wide, advises teams to take appropriate action   

• Attend biannual strategy meetings with brands ensuring the Lookfantastic strategy and customer are at the heart of decision making when building joint business plans   

• Monitor satisfaction with all brand partners to ensure best in class delivery  

• Take responsibility for efficient stock management, ensuring optimum stock holding to meet sales budgets, strategies for overstocks and exit plans for obsolete stock   

• Manage the selection of product ranges, using customer insights and feedback to maximise new product opportunities and range visibility, to create an unparalleled customer experience and maximise sales and profit to achieve KPI’s   

• Manage and accountable for their brand P&L and share plans to grow business profit   
• Conducts regular reviews of ranges within their brands & manage discontinuations and renovations accordingly.   

What skills and experience do I need for this role?  

• Strong experience operating as a Junior Buyer/ Buyer    

• Can drive the success of a department through creative and commercial thinking   

• Strong awareness of current beauty trends and competitor activity   

• Passion for beauty industry, brands and products   

• Has highly developed negotiation and influencing skills   

• Demonstrates a commercial mindset, using data and insights to leverage opportunities   

• Builds great relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers   

• Experience in beauty retailing with a proven recording of trading in a fast-paced environment   

• Strong commercial acumen and savvy; highly numerate with strong analytical skills   

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills   

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point and Outlook)   

 

What’s in it for me? 

Career Development 

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team. 

• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider. 

Enhanced Leave 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. 

• Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us! 

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.  

• Up to 10 days compassionate leave. 

• Buy back up to 3 days each year. 

• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months. 

Wellbeing Support 

• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP. 

• Access our in-house CBT therapist. 

• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.  

• State-of-the-art on-site gym. 

• Access to our on-site physio. 

Other Perks 

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme. 

• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.  

• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands. 

• On-site staff shop. 

• Access to on-site barber. 

• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation. 

• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.