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Beauty Buyer

My client, a luxury retailer in beauty, fashion, home & living, gifts, and much more is seeking to recruit a Beauty Buyer. The successful candidate will develop the business strategies by sourcing, selecting, and purchasing a broad range of beauty brands. Dublin City based.

Package

• Generous salary doe
• Bonus
• Pension
• Agile Working
• Staff Discount

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with the Buying Director to devise and execute a robust commercial and creative strategy for the designated area.
• Demonstrate a strong commercial orientation, adeptness with budgets, and a track record of achieving commercial objectives.
• Exercise purchasing authority guided by a sound commercial framework to drive sales and profitability.
• Stay attuned to shifts in public opinion and consumer preferences, leveraging expertise in Beauty Brands to spearhead category-sourcing efforts.
• Conduct sales analysis to pinpoint areas for enhancement, leveraging experience to cultivate and fortify commercial relationships with suppliers and partners, while assessing and appraising current suppliers.
• Negotiate favourable terms with suppliers, encompassing margins, trade discounts, and markdown support.
• Ensure diligent management of vendor terms, overseeing monthly gross profit reports and adherence to cost and payroll stipulations.
• Maintain comprehensive oversight of all inventory-related data and insights, including season forecasting, OTB, stock levels, clearance, RTV, and breakstocks across all brands.
• Assess brand performance through thorough analysis and manage existing brands accordingly.
• Foster regular communication with the Head of Digital and their teams to optimise beauty category placement and productivity across digital platforms.
• Engage with Beauty Department managers and General Managers to optimise merchandise allocation for space utilisation, maximising productivity and cost efficiency per square foot, and ensuring impeccable presentation.

Requirements include:

• Commercially focused, experience with budgets, and the ability to achieve revenue growth.
• An experienced people manager with experience leading, training & developing a buying team.
• Ambitious and target focused.
• Proven track record of managing relationships.
• Strong influencing skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and a strong negotiator.
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple projects.

Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call Aoife Clarke 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.