Description:
Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road.
Your Opportunity, Your Team
- The Junior Buyer for Beauty supports QVC International, alongside your team you will build the range(s) to meet sales, margin and stock targets within a specific product/category area. You will work with the Buyer and report to the Buying Manager, you will be responsible for your own brands within the beauty area. With these you will buy and develop the ranges. The beauty team works with an array of brands such as, Neom, Estee Lauder, Murad, Phillip Kingsley and L'Occitane to name but a few!
Where You'll Work
- This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at Our multi Media Center in Chiswick Park 2 days per week (onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company).
What You'll Do
- You will source a positioned and unique product portfolio for Beauty at QVC UK to fit the long-term brand strategy, target market and meet sales targets ensuring the range is fresh, and exciting for the customer
- You will negotiate the best possible cost prices and conditions of trade for the product category you are responsible for
- You will work with the Planning, Category Merchandising, Digital and alternative channel teams to review product performance, plan and grow the product range
- Evaluate the vendor portfolio based on knowledge of market conditions and competitive environment. Regular visits to trade fairs and vendors.
- You will develop short- and long-term product/Brand strategies ensuring alignment with the apparel department.
- Awareness of wider business strategies.
- Support Manager Buying with regular business reviews and strategy meetings with suppliers and brands.
- You will implement Pricing Strategy for a defined product category you are responsible for - Set initial price and margin following market and category insights
- Ongoing checks and reviews of pricing following category budget and sales forecasts
- To oversee the critical path, ensuring accuracy, for the defined product category you are responsible for.
- Be accountable for a detailed brief for TSV's, Events, Key lines, new shows and Campaigns.
- Curate product to support Omni-channel and campaigns.
- You will work with planning on inventory management following the OTB process.
- Work with International partners on product and Brand strategies.
- To meet/partner with suppliers to review product performance and develop new concepts, ensuring products comply with QVC's long-term goals and quality standards. Develop brand plans and share strategy with suppliers
- To work with Buyer/ Manager Buying to develop brand Strategies, keeping up to date with new trends and competitor activity.
What You'll Bring
- You will have a background working at Assistant Buyer or Junior Buyer level
- You will have passion and experience working in Beauty
- You will have excellent negotiation skills