About THG
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:
1. Work with the Junior Buyer / Buyer to build, manage and deliver brand budgets & help build 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.
2. Communicate key JBP activations by brand to site managers and marketing teams to ensure the successful execution of the JBP
3. 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
4. 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.
5. Attend brand meetings alongside Junior Buyer / Buyer to offer support in meeting notes and feedback
6. 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?
7. Prioritise, structure work & effectively manage time
8. Financial and analytical ability – ability to budget and review performance
9. Excellent communicator – able to give clarity and set direction
10. Commercial awareness of the beauty industry
11. Strong knowledge of your brand partners
12. Ability to form good working relationships with internal teams and external clients
13. Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
14. Project management skills
15. Negotiation skills
What’s in it for me?
Career Development
16. Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
17. Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.
Enhanced Leave
18. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
19. Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
20. Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
21. Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
22. Buy back up to 3 days each year.
23. Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.
Wellbeing Support
24. Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
25. Access our in-house CBT therapist.
26. Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
27. State-of-the-art on-site gym.
28. Access to our on-site physio.
Other Perks
29. Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
30. Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
31. Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
32. On-site staff shop.
33. Access to on-site barber.
34. Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
35. 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.