Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

About the Role

As a Buyer, you will manage a portfolio of brands within your category to drive differentiation with key brand groups, optimizing growth, space productivity, profitability, and strong 360 campaigns for category penetration. This role includes managing brand relationships, commercial negotiations, joint business planning, assortment optimization, productivity, clear pricing principles, and a robust calendar for existing brands and new brand launches. You will also collaborate with Supply Chain for effective planning and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of ANZ category strategy based on market trends, consumer insights, and sales data.
• Manage communication with Market Merchandising teams for effective collaboration in implementing category strategy.
• Own brand portfolio, track omni-channel category performance against set KPIs.
• Drive differentiation with key brand groups and build/maintain strong supplier relationships.
• Manage commercial negotiations.
• Conduct joint business planning with assigned brand groups, optimize assortment and productivity, and establish clear pricing principles.
• Develop a robust calendar of existing brands and plan new brand launches.
• Collaborate with brands to determine the product assortment for omni-channel.
• Work closely with brands and internal stakeholders on planning, coordination & execution of launch plans.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain on effective planning and forecasting to achieve brand targets and healthy stock levels.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in category management, retail buying, or a related field.
• Expertise in building category strategies based on market trends, consumer insights, and data analytics.
• Proficiency in negotiation of commercial agreements.
• Good communication skills with ability to present effectively.
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills in a multicultural environment.
• Experience in developing and implementing category strategies to drive growth, profitability and market penetration.
• Experience in managing brand portfolios, including supplier relationships, commercial negotiations and joint business planning.
• Experience in assortment optimization, pricing strategies and managing product lifecycles.
• Experience in collaborating with Supply Chain teams for effective planning and forecasting.

Skills

• Category Management
• Retail Buying
• Data Analytics
• Negotiation
• Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Assortment Optimization
• Pricing Strategies
• Supply Chain Planning
• Forecasting

Location

• Sydney CBD

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum 4 years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics or a related field

Benefits

• Opportunities for personal development
• Opportunities across global luxury brands
• Gifted products throughout the year
• Store discounts of up to 45%
• Paid Parental Leave
• Birthday Leave
• Personal Leave
• Health and well-being initiatives
• Discounted Gym memberships
• 24/7 Mental Health well-being programs
• Life Insurance
• Unique online learning platform
• Fun social calendar
• Fortnightly Pay + Super

About the Company

• At Sephora, we stand together and we stand for something more since 1969.
• For empowerment, for exploration, for the opportunity to impact people's lives through the unlimited power of beauty.
• As part of the LVMH family, Sephora's excellence, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit have made us the world's leading beauty retailer growing twice faster than the market.
• Across Australia and New Zealand, we have circa 36 stores, a growing online platform and we plan to grow this year on year.
• Sephora has a diverse number of roles to offer.
• Sparked by energy and excitement, our passion is contagious.
• Join us and reimagine your future, with Sephora.

Equal Opportunity

• Sephora is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, or other employment practices.
• We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
• If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application.
• We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.