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Assistant Buyer | Lookfantastic, Manchester
Client:
THG
Location:
Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
4
Posted:
11.03.2025
Expiry Date:
25.04.2025
Job Description:
About THG
We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specializes in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.
We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realize our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.
Life at THG Beauty
We’re home to market-leading websites like Lookfantastic, Skinstore, Dermstore, Cult Beauty, and the beauty subscription box brand Glossybox. Our portfolio of premium brands includes ESPA, Ameliorate, and Grow Gorgeous – all loved and trusted by millions worldwide. We also partner with over 19,000 influencers to ensure brands can reach their audience anywhere in the world. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be joining the team.
Lookfantastic is Europe’s No.1 Online Destination for Premium Beauty. Our mission is to empower people globally to look and feel fantastic every day. To enable us to do this, we have offices across the UK, Europe, America, and Australia filled with passionate beauty fanatics committed to delivering rapid growth in this exciting industry. We work with over 800 of the world’s greatest beauty brands such as MAC, Kerastase, GHD, Tom Ford, and YSL to bring our customers the widest offering of beauty products from around the globe. Passion, innovation, and commitment are key characteristics in this ever-expanding team as we strive to become the World's No.1 Online.
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 Lookfantastic 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:
1. Work with the Junior Buyer / Buyer to build, manage, and deliver brand budgets and best-in-market joint business plans to achieve business benefits including market-leading promotions, first-to-market launches, exclusives, and investment into promotional & marketing support to maximize performance.
2. Communicate key joint business plan activations by brand to site managers and marketing teams to ensure successful execution and coordinate joint business plan activations including the setup and ordering of NPD and gift-with-purchases, 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 the site.
3. Work in close alignment with the LOOKFANTASTIC and boutique site managers to ensure brands are well represented on site.
4. Be responsible for continuous monitoring and review of category performance to analyze sales patterns, taking into consideration competitor activations in the market. Advise relevant teams and ensure appropriate action is taken to unforeseen sales reactions.
5. Attend brand meetings alongside Junior Buyer / Buyer to offer support in meeting notes and feedback.
What skills and experience do I need for this role?
1. Financial and analytical ability – ability to budget and review performance.
2. Excellent communicator – able to give clarity and set direction.
3. Commercial awareness of the beauty industry.
4. Strong knowledge of your brand partners.
5. Ability to form good working relationships with internal teams and external clients.
6. Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.
What’s in it for me?
1. Access bespoke development programmes designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
2. Continued development through our upskilling programme delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.
Enhanced Leave
1. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
2. Enjoy your birthday off on us!
3. Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
4. Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
5. Buy back up to 3 days each year.
6. Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
7. Access our in-house CBT therapist.
8. Access our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Bupa.
9. State-of-the-art on-site gym.
10. Access to our on-site physio.
Other Perks
1. Save up to 12% on personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
2. Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
3. Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
4. On-site staff shop.
5. Access to on-site barber.
6. Refer a friend and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
7. 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 endeavor 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.
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