Assistant Buyer | Cult Beauty

The Hut Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global ecommerce group is seeking an Assistant Buyer to join its dynamic team. This role involves managing brand budgets and coordinating joint business plans with partners. Candidates should have strong financial and analytical abilities, excellent communication skills, and commercial awareness of the beauty industry. The position offers opportunities for development and progression within the company, and is located in Greater London, UK.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

State-of-the-art on-site gym

Subsidised bus pass

Up to 50% staff discount

Access to on-site barber

Anniversary gifts

Qualifications

• Ability to prioritize work and manage time effectively.
• Strong financial and analytical skills for budget management.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to set direction.
• Commercial awareness of the beauty industry is essential.
• Strong knowledge of brand partners and products.
• Ability to form good relationships with internal and external teams.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Work with Junior Buyer/Buyer to build and manage brand budgets.
• Coordinate and execute joint business plans with brand partners.
• Monitor and review category performance to identify sales patterns.
• Assist in demand planning and ensure stock availability.
• Attend brand meetings to provide support and feedback.

Skills

Time management

Financial and analytical ability

Excellent communication

Commercial awareness

Relationship building

Problem-solving skills

Job description

We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.

Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

From Manchester to New York, we’re powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.

With us, you’ll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?

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 an Assistant Buyer at THG Beauty?

You will join a multi‑brand, dynamic team of true beauty enthusiasts, with the opportunity to work cross‑functionally with the wider category‑led Buying team. You will also have the opportunity to work with market leading brands and internal teams across the Cult Beauty business to drive continued sales and profit growth. By driving strong joint business plans with each of our brand partners, you will have the opportunity to grow and develop your category with ample opportunity for progression and development.

As an Assistant Buyer you’ll:

• Work with the Junior Buyer / Buyer to build, manage and deliver brand budgets & helpbuild a best in market joint business plan to achieve business benefits including market leading promotions, first to market launches, exclusives and investment into promotional & marketing support to maximise performance.
• Communicate key JBP activations by brand to site managers and marketing teams to ensure the successful execution of the JBP
• Be responsible for coordinating JBP activations including the set up and ordering of NPD and GWPs, setting live and taking down brand promotions, providing clear guidance to trading teams around the time, strength and included SKUs of any promotions and actively providing teams with marketing assets to promote brands across site
• Continuously monitor and review category performance to analyse sales patterns, taking into consideration competitor activations in the market. Advises relevant teams and ensures appropriate action is taken to unforeseen sales reactions.
• Attend brand meetings alongside Junior Buyer / Buyer to offer support in meeting notes and feedback
• Take responsibility for demand planning by brand alongside merch team to ensure every brand always has the stock needed to maximise budget performance and any new additions to the range are ordered in a timely manner

What skills and experience do I need for this role?

• Prioritise, structure work & effectively manage time
• Financial and analytical ability – ability to budget and review performance
• Excellent communicator – able to give clarity and set direction
• Commercial awareness of the beauty industry
• Strong knowledge of your brand partners
• Ability to form good working relationships with internal teams and external clients
• Critical thinker and problem‑solving skills

What’s in it for me?

• 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.
• 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.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.