Assistant Buyer - The Hut Group : Job Details

**Assistant Buyer**

at THG New York City, United States THG is a fast-moving, global technology business that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers . Our world-class proprietary tech and infrastructure powers our extensive portfolio of beauty, nutrition and lifestylebrands and is now helping drive exponential growth of our clients brands globally.

Were powered by a global team of over 10,000 ambitious people around the world. Our culture is fast-paced and entrepreneurial, its this DNA that has supported our incredible growth.

Were always looking for individuals that can bring fresh and innovative thinking to THG, and play a part in driving the group forward on its exciting journey. So, if youre ready to take the next big step in your career, challenge yourself every day and evolve with the world around you, THG is ready for you.

**About the Division - THG Beauty Brands**

With an industry recognised portfolio of market leading beauty brands, we are accelerating our momentum to become the number one Health and Beauty retailer globally. With brands across multiple categories such as Perricone MD, Illamasqua, ESPA, Christophe Robin and Grow Gorgeous we have people and their ambition, passion and unremitting determination at the heart of what we do - whether we are innovating our packaging, building disruptive ecommerce capabilities or creating a powerful brand campaign.

**About the Role**

To support our ambitious growth, we are looking for passionate, commercial and ambitious individuals to help us grow our Beauty Brands, including a Sales Manager for Grow Gorgeous & Christophe Robin. You will lead the business development of these two exciting, prestige brand in North America. Managing our award-winning Haircare brands Grow Gorgeous and Christophe Robin, you will be in charge of growing these accounts and achieve (or exceed) sales budget for each of them. You will build and implement strong strategic business plans with each retailer and ensure profitability for the business. You will work closely with the Sales Director and the General Manager to align on all investments (sampling, promotion, etc.), new product launch strategy, visual merchandising and copy optimization. You will build strong relationships with key accounts, monitoring performances versus expected growth and report against set KPI in line with budget targets.

You'll work in a fast paced and dynamic environment and have the opportunity to work with all functions of the group. If you are outgoing, determined, hard-working, love beauty and are looking for the next step in your career within a global group - we want to hear from you.

Location: New York City

Overnight travel: rare (less than 10%)

Starting date: ASAP

Benefits: paid vacations, health insurance, 401k, and more

Direct report: One Sales Coordinator

Reports to: Sales Manager, Christophe Robin and Grow Gorgeous, North America THG Brands

**Responsibilities**

SALES MANAGEMENT (70%)

You will be the main point of contact for online pure players (Revolve, Khaos Beauty, B-Glowing, etc.) as well as assisting the Sales Manager for the large national accounts (Sephora, Ulta, Target, Macys etc.)

* Identifying opportunities to grow the business in each retailer

* In-store merchandising: working on assortments to optimize sales in-store based on SKU performance, current trends and retailer campaigns.

* Dotcom merchandising: working on optimizing assets, copy, p-pages, etc.

* Analyzing needs and best practices for each retailer and being aware of competitor activity

* Adapting all initiatives to the specific needs of each retailer

* Working with partners and warehouse on special programs,such as exclusive bundles that are packaged in-house

* Reporting monthly exposure by partners (newsletters, sampling, special initiatives, placement on dotcom, etc.)

* Identifying new potential account opportunities though prospection to continue to grow the business

* Tracking free goods spent (samples, collateral, etc.) as well as RTV for monthly budget review

* Assist forecasting sales and inventory based on the in the business mix of sales weekly, monthly, annually

MANAGE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS (30%)

* Maintain client database by inputting retail partner info

* Maintain sales reports on SKU/Sell-In/Sell-Through levels

* Setup new customers and suppliers with Masterdata

* Oversee completion of product set-up forms and NPD launch forms as needed

* Update SKU chart/NLF to keep up-to-date

* Help with various ad-hoc projects as needed

**Requirements**

* Sell-in and sell-through oriented

* Appetite for numbers and growing business

* Ability to create strong relationship with all retailers

* Strong organizational skills

* Creative and problem solver

* Structured mind

* Proficient in Excel

* Result-driven and entrepreneurial

* Proven track record of driving the sales process from new business development to deal closure

* B2B experience of successfully driving and delivering sales targets

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.