Buying Director

About the role

The Buying Director will lead the buying strategy and commercial performance for Lookfantastic, a flagship global beauty retail brand. This senior leadership role involves end-to-end ownership of the buying agenda, including brand partnerships, category management, P&L accountability, and team development to drive sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Own the Lookfantastic buying strategy, setting the vision and commercial direction across key beauty categories.
• Drive significant sales and profit growth, with accountability for buying P&L, margin, budgets, Open-to-Buy and stock investment.
• Shape our brand portfolio, identifying and securing the most exciting established and emerging beauty brands.
• Lead senior supplier relationships, negotiating best-in-class terms across margin, payment terms, marketing investment, promotional funding and rebates.
• Oversee market leading strategic Joint Business Plans with our most important brand partners.
• Create an exceptional product proposition, using customer insight, market trends and data to continually evolve our range.
• Partner closely with Marketing and Trading to maximise the impact of launches, campaigns, promotions and key commercial moments.
• Champion stock and availability, working closely with Merchandising, Supply Chain and Operations.
• Lead and develop a high-performing Buying team, creating a culture of commercial excellence, accountability and innovation.
• Act as a senior voice across THG Beauty, influencing strategy and driving cross-functional collaboration.

Required skills

• Buying strategy
• P&L management
• Commercial negotiation
• Category management
• Merchandising
• Data analysis

About the Company

THG is a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition. Its portfolio includes leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty.