Sourcing Executive (Beauty Box) | Lookfantastic

About THG

We are THG a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.

Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC Myprotein ESPA Perricone MD and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

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Life at THG Beauty

We know that beauty isnt 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.

By combining our portfolio of owned brands inclusive of ESPA Ameliorate and Christophe Robinwith a marketplace for over 1300 third-party beauty brands through online retail sites LOOKFANTASTIC Cult Beauty and Dermstore THG Beautys ambition is to be the global digital partner of choice across the beauty industry supporting the channel shift to online.

THG Beautys 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 industrys digital strategic leader.

The Opportunity

As a Beauty Box Sourcing Executive youll playa key rolein supporting the delivery of our Beauty Box offering. Working closely with the wider team youll help bring products together and ensure were delivering exciting well-executed boxes each month.

What youll be doing

• Owning the end-to-end commercial performance of one or more Beauty Box product categories delivering a sourcing strategy that aligns with customer trends brand mix productperformanceand commercial targets.

• Building managing and growing brand partnerships within your category proactively pitching the Beauty Box proposition negotiating product marketing and commercial agreements and securing the best possible value while protecting business objectives.

• Using performance data and customer insight to drive decision-making analysing ROI productsatisfactionand customer feedback to shape future sourcing recommendations and strengthen category performance.

• Managing category budgets and commercial reporting maintaining visibility of cost positions identifying risks and opportunities and presenting actionable recommendations to the SeniorSourcing Manager.

• Overseeing contract management across your category ensuring agreements are accurate completed on time appropriately escalated for legal review where required and fully documented.

• Maintaining accurate sourcing and project tracking ensuring reliable up-to-date information is available to support planning and decision-making.

• Contributing to team success through category expertise and stakeholder communication sharing market insight preparingpresentationsand representing your category in team meetings and wider business forums.

• Requesting coordinating and tracking product samples from brands for photoshoots and the social media team following up to ensure timely delivery and avoid delays to content or campaign timelines.
  
  

Key areas of ownership

• Category sourcing strategy and delivery

• Brand pitching and negotiation

• Contract management and legal escalation

• Performance analysis and budget tracking

• Category knowledge sharing

• Sample tracking and coordination
  
  

Who were looking for

You are commercially driven delivery-focused and ready to take real ownership of your area. You understand that execution and strategy go hand in hand and you hold yourself to a high standard on both.

• Experience in a buying sourcing partnerships or commercial role with beauty or subscription experience a strong advantage.

• Confident in pitching and negotiating with brand partners with a track record of securing strong commercial outcomes.

• Commercially sharp with a solid understanding of budgets ROI and what good performance looks like.

• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple brands timelines and priorities simultaneously without losing attention to detail.

• A proactive solutions-focused mindset. You identify problems early and drive them to resolution.

• A collaborative team player who actively contributes knowledge and supports the wider teams success.

• Genuine passion for beauty brand and the customer experience.

Whats in it for me

Career Development

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.

• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

• Dont want to work on your birthday We dont either! Enjoy your day off on us!

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay depending on length of service.

• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.

• Buy back up to 3 days each year.

• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
  
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.

• State-of-the-art on-site gym.

• Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.

• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.

• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
  
  
• On-site staff shop.
  
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG Refer them and get up to 1000 when they pass their probation.

• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

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

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 havent 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.