About the role
<div class="content-intro"><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About THG</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":240,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Our portfolio of</span><span data-contrast="auto"> leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":240,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">From Manchester to New York, we’re powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">With us, you’ll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":240,"335559740":279}"> </span></p></div><p><strong>Life at THG Beauty </strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>By combining our portfolio of owned brands inclusive of ESPA, Ameliorate and Christophe Robin, 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.</p> <p>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. <br><br></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The Opportunity</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We’re looking for an exceptional Buying Director to lead the buying strategy and commercial performance of Lookfantastic, THG Beauty’s flagship global beauty retail brand.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is a high-impact senior leadership role, with end-to-end ownership of the buying agenda across brands, categories, range, supplier partnerships, P&L and team performance.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Lookfantastic — ensuring we have the right relationships, brands, products, commercial strategy and customer proposition to drive sustainable growth and maintain our position as a leading global beauty destination.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> <br><br></span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What You’ll Do</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Own the Lookfantastic buying strategy</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, setting the vision and commercial direction across our key beauty categories.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Drive significant sales and profit growth</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, with accountability for buying P&L, margin, budgets, Open-to-Buy and stock investment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242&quo