Associate Buyer, Skin​/Make-up and Tools

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Location: 8

E. 41st Street, New York, NY 10017
Schedule: Hybrid | In Office Tuesday-Thursday
Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000 annually, commensurate with experience

Beauty Space is looking for an enthusiastic, commercially minded Associate Buyer who has a passion for beauty, an eye for emerging trends, and the analytical skills to understand what drives a successful assortment.

Working closely with the Head Buyer
, the Associate Buyer will help build, manage, and analyze Beauty Space's brand and product assortment across our retail partnerships. This role sits at the intersection of beauty, merchandising, analytics, brand management, and retail
, making it an excellent opportunity for someone looking to grow their buying career within the beauty industry.

The ideal candidate is naturally curious about products and trends but also understands that successful buying goes beyond identifying great brands. You will help evaluate sales performance, inventory productivity, pricing, markdowns, assortment strategy, retailer requirements, and overall business performance to support profitable growth.

If you love discovering what's next in beauty while also digging into the numbers behind what is selling—and why we want to hear from you.

Partner with the Head Buyer to help develop and manage a compelling, commercially successful product assortment across Beauty Space retail partners.

You will:

• Help evaluate and make informed decisions around brands, products, and assortment opportunities
  .
• Monitor the beauty marketplace to identify emerging brands, products, categories, and consumer trends
  .
• Build strong relationships with brand, retail, and internal partners through regular communication and monthly business check-ins.
• Support the Head Buyer in conducting regular brand performance and business review meetings.
• Assist with the development of market presentations and assortment decks for retail partners.
• Coordinate retailer documentation, including new item forms, line sheets, UPC information, product setup, and price changes
  .
• Create and maintain the internal new product workbook
  , ensuring information is communicated accurately across cross-functional teams.
• Partner with Assistant Planners and brand partners on returns-to-vendor (RTVs), markdowns, chargebacks, and other inventory initiatives
  .
• Ensure buying and merchandising deliverables meet established go-to-market timelines and launch deadlines
  .
• Work cross-functionally with Planning, Operations, Marketing, Finance, Sales, and other departments to support successful product launches and retail execution.

A major part of this role is understanding the business behind the assortment.

You will work closely with the Buyer to monitor sales and identify opportunities by:

• Preparing and analyzing weekly sales and performance reports
  .
• Tracking selling trends to identify opportunities, risks, and potential inventory liabilities.
• Helping evaluate sell-through, product productivity, inventory levels, pricing, markdown activity, and overall category performance
  .
• Supporting analysis of class and category performance, planned penetration, and average retail by class.
• Identifying business improvement and commercial opportunities across brands, categories, and retail partners.
• Assisting with quarterly shelf productivity and assortment planning analysis
  .
• Translating data into actionable recommendations that support continued sales growth and profitability.

We are looking for someone who combines a…