Buyer

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. Not only do we have stores we also have a head office based in Sydney CBD. Sephora has a diverse number of roles to offer.

Sparked by energy and excitement, our passion is contagious. So, if you are ready to make your mark at a leading global retailer and belong to something beautiful, join us and reimagine your future, with Sephora.

While at Sephora, you'll enjoy...

• Opportunities for personal development here in Australia and New Zealand
• Opportunities across our global group of high-end luxury brands
• Gifted products throughout the year along with store discounts of up to 45% off
• Paid Parental Leave, Birthday Leave & Personal Leave 
• Health and well-being initiatives including: Discounted Gym memberships & 24/7 Mental Health well-being programs
• Life Insurance
• Unique online learning platform
• Fun social calendar
• Fortnightly Pay + Super

Overview 

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

Job Responsibilities  

Category Strategy  

• Contribute to the development of ANZ category strategy based on market trends, consumer insights, and sales data, to identify white space, optimize growth, space productivity, profitability and strong 360 campaigns to support key natures to gain category penetration 

• Manage communication with Market Merchandising teams to ensure effective collaboration in implementing category strategy 

• Own brand portfolio, track omni-channel category performance (by channel, markets, segments, margin, productivity, brand conversion & stocks management) vs set KPIs 

Portfolio and Brand Management  

• Drive differentiation with key brand groups, build and maintain strong supplier relationships  

• Manage commercial negotiations 

• Conduct joint business planning (including animations) with assigned brand groups, optimise assortment and productivity, and establish clear pricing principles 

• Develop a robust calendar of existing brands and plan meaningful and incremental new brand launches 

Assortment Planning  

• Collaborate with brands to determine the product assortment for omni-channel, considering customer preferences, market trends, and brand positioning 

• Work closely with brands and internal stakeholders on planning, coordination & execution of launch plan for assigned brands – annual launch plan and new listing process 

Inventory Management  

• Collaborate with Supply Chain on effective planning and forecasting to achieve brand targets and healthy stock levels 

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• 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 

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.