Buying Assistant | Cult Beauty

We are looking for an Admin Assistant to join our Buying and Merchandising team working across a range of buying and merchandising admin duties.Responsible for co-ordinating and overseeing the accurate creation of products from the start to going live and all maintenance of the sku thereafter. There are endless opportunities to progress your career within our Cult Beauty Buying structure, so we're looking for ambitious, driven individuals who are truly Beauty obsessed!,

• Accurately manage the critical path, amending and communicating any changes in a timely fashion to meet deadlines
• Source compliance details from brands and manage the CPNPs of new and existing products on site.
• Working closely across teams within CB such as Merch & marketing to ensure a seamless process when launching products and brands, communicating changes
• Working Closely across THG beauty on shared brands processes.
• Managing funding forms to achieve accurate support for the business
• Aid the accounts department in solving discrepancies.
• Coordinate and maintain the company supplier contact list.
• Keep abreast of competitor activity, pricing, promotions and assortment with a weekly comp shop.
• Acting as a bridge between Customer Service and the brands on ad-hoc queries.
• Requesting and checking product information from brands within the expected time frame.
• Sample management
• Liaising with the warehouse on discrepancies and information.
• General Admin responsibilities, as an agile team it is essential you are able to action
ad-hoc tasks and demonstrate effective workload management.


• Have a high attention to detail and level of accuracy. This is paramount.
• Online retailing is a fast-paced working environment so possessing the ability to prioritise and re-prioritise will be the key to success in this role.
• Be very organised.
• Be able to work as part of a team as well as work autonomously.
• Proactive approach to managing own workload.
• Uses initiative to solve problems
• Organised and detail conscious
• Keen and enthusiastic with a desire to take on new responsibilities and progress within the company.
• A strong commercial and customer focus.
• An excellent communicator both internally and externally.
• Beauty retail experience.
• Experience of working in an E-commerce environment.
  
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UK, London About THG We're a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We're home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity. We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry. Life at THG Beauty We're home to market-leading websites like Lookfantastic, Skinstore, Dermstore, Cult Beauty and the beauty subscription box brand Glossybox. And our portfolio of premium brands includes the likes of ESPA, Ameliorate and Grow Gorgeous - all of which are loved and trusted by millions of fans worldwide. We also partner with a network of more than 19,000 influencers to ensure brands can reach their audience anywhere in the world. It's an incredibly exciting time to be joining the team. Who is Cult Beauty? Well, we're a beauty-obsessed team who share a common goal - to become the most trusted beauty retailer in the world! We're all about intelligent beauty, from the way we pick our ever-lusted-after brands to how we talk to our exceptionally savvy customers. Our Cult Community values transparency and so do we. That's why we only sell the products that truly blow us away and publish every review on our site. To achieve this goal, we want to collaborate with individuals who have the same vision. As part of the Cult Beauty team, you'll be encouraged to share ideas and empowered to aim for the skies. We're a team so if we fail, we fail together and try again. Cult Beauty has become the successful world leader it is because of our people. We're a close-knit family that recognises that our collective and community are much more valuable than the sum of their parts. We're not just here to sell the most unbelievably amazing beauty products in the world, we also want to challenge the definition of what 'beauty' is and use our platform to challenge the status quo - both in our industry and society., 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.


• 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.
• Don't want to work on your birthday? We don't 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 in-house CBT therapist.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
Other Perks
• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.