Buyer Fragrance & Personal Care

Description

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About us

Were the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If youre high-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from return youll enjoy heaps of flexibility great perks and benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference youll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the team

Were looking for a talented Buyer to join our Fragrance & Personal Care team on a permanent basis.

Beauty is one of our most exciting and fast-growing categories and this role offers the opportunity to work with some of the industrys biggest brands while shaping a category that continues to evolve and delight our customers.

Youll join a collaborative ambitious and highly engaged team that combines commercial excellence with a genuine passion for beauty.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a growing category within our Beauty division.

Youll be responsible for delivering the category strategy driving commercial performance and building strong relationships with both existing and new brand partners. Working across fragrance and personal care youll identify opportunities to grow market share improve customer choice and maximise profitability.

Success in this role will come from a combination of commercial thinking market awareness and strong stakeholder management. Youll work closely with Merchandising Marketing and other key business functions to bring the category strategy to life and deliver a market-leading customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Buying Manager and Merchandising team to develop and deliver category strategies range plans pricing architecture and promotional activity that drive sales and profit.
• Own category performance analysing in-week and monthly trading data to identify opportunities mitigate risks and make recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with strategic brand partners leading annual Joint Business Planning (JBP) discussions and negotiating the best possible commercial terms funding opportunities and markdown support.
• Identify onboard and develop new brands that complement our Beauty strategy and enhance our customer proposition.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing teams to deliver compelling brand campaigns product launches and paid media activity that drive awareness and conversion.
• Monitor market trends customer behaviours and competitor activity using insights to influence category direction and unlock new growth opportunities.
• Lead coach and develop team members creating an environment where people can perform at their best and continue to grow their careers.

About you

Were looking for a commercially driven Buyer with strong Beauty category experience and a passion for delivering outstanding results.

Youll bring:

• Previous experience operating at Buyer level within Beauty ideally across fragrance personal care or adjacent categories.
• Strong category knowledge and a deep understanding of the beauty market customer trends and industry landscape.
• Proven ability to build and maintain successful supplier and brand relationships.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills with experience securing strong commercial outcomes.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to balance strategic thinking with day-to-day delivery.
• Confidence analysing performance data and turning insights into action.
• Experience leading motivating and developing high-performing teams.
• A proactive solutions-focused approach and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Energy curiosity and a passion for identifying new opportunities that drive growth.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment check out our Glassdoor reviews
• 1000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30 days holiday bank holidays
• LinkedIn learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on
• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be found on our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if youre successful so keep an eye on your emails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - An informal 30-45 minute video call with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

2nd Stage A one-hour formal face-to-face interview where you can expect a task and both competency/ technical skills based questions.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If youd like to know more about our interviews you can find out here.

Diversity inclusion and equal opportunities

Werebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We dont discriminate based on age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via Well be happy to support you.

Were proud to be aDisability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

Employment Type : Full Time
Department / Functional Area: Retail
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1