Buying Manager

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Buying Manager Beauty to join our Buying team based in Brugherio (MB) – Italy. Reporting into the Senior Manager Merchandising and Planning you will oversee the development and expansion of QVC's brand strategy for the Beauty area.

You will lead and develop a team of Buyers, Junior Buyers and Assistant Buyers responsible for growing and maximizing product ranges.

Who We Are

QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in a lively, engaging way. We offer an ever-changing collection of familiar brands and fresh new products – from home and fashion to beauty, electronics – and we connect shoppers to interesting personalities, engaging stories and award-winning customer service. Worldwide, QVC reaches more than 200 million homes via our 12 broadcast networks and reaches millions more via multiple streaming services, websites, mobile apps and social pages. In 2021, QVC International served 4.7 million customers and has more than 7,000 team members in the ., Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland and China.

As our Buying Manager Beauty at QVC you will:

Develop the product strategy for your category, driving newness by always identifying and translating trends with our customer in mind.

Foster a curated assortment that aligns with the QVC brand and multiplatform strategy across proprietary and national brands.

Oversee focus on newness/external trends, support to identify growth brands and acquire exclusive products.

Lead vendor and supplier sourcing and management ensuring compliance.

Manage OTB, reviewing sales plans, budgets and forecasts, reacting to customer trends and trading environments.

Analyze customer metrics applying those insights.

Collaborate with teams in market

Manage buying team of respective category in daily activities and tasks

Define alongside the Senior Manager strategic team structures to potentialize the business.

Formulate goals creating an environment that enables employees to fulfil the agreed goals motivated by performance

Oversee the recruitment, training and performance management of the buying team, following QVC guiding principles.

Set the team short- and long-term goals following our department and business goals.

Inspire a team of brand ambassadors especially in their interaction with vendors.

What You Bring

You have deep experience within a head office buying environment.

You act like a business owner, you are a networker, a negotiator. You deliver results with speed.

You inspire creativity and keep the customer in the centre of everything you do.

You are a builder of diverse teams, you inspire greatness by creating a culture of recognition, by coaching and empowering your team.

You will have a flair for delivering the right product at the right time to our customer.

Requirements

Excellent English proficiency

Mandatory B2C experience in Beauty

At least 6 years of experience in the Buying field.

Interest in Beauty environment

Strategic thinking related to discuss budget definition, reconciliation and forecast analysis.

Advanced Excel skills

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Curated Experiences. Infinite Possibilities.

Qurate Retail Group is a family of six leading retail brands – QVC, HSN, Ballard Designs, Frontgate, Garnet Hill and Grandin Road – all dedicated to providing a more human way to shop. We’re an inspired and diverse team that comes together to combine shopping and entertainment to curate products, experiences, conversations and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers. It’s a fun, fast-paced world, and what really sets us apart is our culture and talent experience.

When you’re part of Qurate Retail Group, you’ll be working for one or with many of our consumer brands and joining a global team (., UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland & China), committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, where you can be authentic, bring fun and energy to your workday, and make an impact. Join us as we embrace the future, drive progress, and work together to enrich life’s everyday moments – it’s our path forward

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