Assistant Merchandiser | Cult Beauty

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.

From Manchester to New York, we’re powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.

With us, you’ll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?

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. 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.

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.

We’re on the hunt for an analytical, experienced Assistant Merchandiser to support us through an exciting period of international growth, including the opening of our new warehouse in Ireland. You’ll help us plan and manage stock across both sites, using data to spot opportunities, keep availability strong, manage our stock portfolio to ensure we’re set up to serve our customers as we expand.

As an Assistant Merchandiser, you’ll need knowledge of the beauty industry, a passion for beauty trends and the drive to maximise sales. This is the primary focus of the role. The key to working in the Buying & Merchandising team at Cult Beauty is finding the right balance between the expectations of our customers, internal teams and suppliers and the objectives of the company’s financial strategy.

You’ll also need to juggle the needs of each of these internal and external stakeholders with ease.

• Analyse sales figures and spotting trends and acting upon immediately – daily and weekly
• Evaluate large amounts of data and make sound decisions based on what you see
• Complete reorders of products in a timely manner
• Forecast and plan sales demand for brands
• Work closely with the marketing team planning campaigns which includes choosing products for emails, homepages and social channels in conjunction with the Merchandiser
• Monitor Stock levels to support marketing calendar, launches and activations
• Be a key point of contact for internal teams on stock levels and availability
• Create ad-hoc reports as requested and having input on ideas regarding new reporting
• Work closely with the Merchandiser to maximise every opportunity / sales trend
• Plan product campaigns with affiliates team
• Work closely with the buying team to plan newness and feeding back on trends and concerns
• Liaise with brands/suppliers on Back in stock dates to minimise Out of Stock periods
• Advise the wider team of any stock ‘threats’/ overages/ risks and devising strategies together to deal with these problems
• Communicate category sales trends across the business in conjunction with the Merchandiser & planning with the DC, as necessary

• Strong commercial awareness
• Organised & self-motivated, works well on their own initiative yet is also seen as a key team player.
• Analytical skills and attention to detail
• Problem solver
• Strong IT skills – Excel experience…