Beauty Buyer
You know all about our high street roots and bricks and mortar stores. Now, we're looking to the future. Since 2021, we've embraced some changes. Debenhams hasn’t made a comeback - we’ve been here since 1778, evolving and adapting to the times. This is Debenhams today - Britain’s Leading Online Department Store.
We are more than a department store - we are an institution. From creating the blueprint for designer collaborations with designers at Debenhams, to launching countless brands and inventing the beauty counter, we’ve consistently shaped the retail landscape.
We don’t underestimate the power of our brand or the place we hold in people’s hearts. This is only the beginning of the next chapter for Debenhams.
Britain needs Debenhams.....Debenhams needs you!
Your Team
Debenhams is fast becoming a leading beauty destination, known for its curated mix of iconic and emerging brands. We're passionate about delivering an elevated beauty experience to our customers in a rapidly changing retail landscape. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment and want to play a key role in driving growth, this is your opportunity to make a real impact. With bold plans and ambitious targets, we’re looking for a Beauty Buyer to help shape the future of our beauty category and support the next chapter of Debenhams’ journey.
Your Role
We’re looking for a commercially aware, detail-driven Beauty Buyer to join our dynamic team. You will get the opportunity to create joint business plans, building and maintaining strong brand partnerships whilst getting the opportunity to represent Debenhams at trade shows and industry events identifying and onboarding new brands to strengthen and diversify the beauty offering.
What you'll be doing
- Negotiating commercial terms with suppliers, including pricing, margins, exclusivity, and payment terms
- Staying ahead of beauty trends, using consumer insights and competitor analysis to inform product selection and strategy
- Curating a trend-led, commercially balanced assortment across mass and prestige beauty
- Using data to drive performance, managing sales targets, margin, inventory, stock turn, and profit metrics
- Leading continuous improvement through regular range reviews and SKU optimisation
- Collaborating cross-functionally with marketing, tech, content, and e-commerce teams to support brand launches, activations, and promotional campaigns
- Work closely with the marketing team to align on brand and product priorities for each campaign, and to define funding targets, launch plans, and wider commercial objectives
- Support activity in the London showroom, including contributing to the events calendar, coordinating new brand launches, and assisting with influencer and brand takeovers
- Curate brand and product ranges for Debenhams Group sites, securing brand approvals where required
- Managing and developing a Buying Assistant, providing clear guidance, support, and coaching
Working with us
To succeed here, you have to love working at pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.
More about you
- 5+ years in buying, ideally within beauty and e-commerce
- Strong commercial acumen with experience managing key performance metrics
- Trend-led, with a finger on the pulse of product innovation and consumer behaviour
- Excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills
- High proficiency in Excel
- Experience working with prestige beauty brands and strong industry relationships with key beauty brands and stakeholders
Why Join Us?
- You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes
- Core hours enable you to flex your working times around your needs on an ad hoc basis
- Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
- There’s up to 40% discount off our all of our brands
- Our social calendar? Next level
- With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe (some are dog friendly!), we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work
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