URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)

Nuuly Senior Buyer - Beauty

URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly) • $90K — $120K *
Philadelphia, PA 19120In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
2 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of buying experience in Beauty & Wellness
  • Experience at a multi-brand beauty retailer or department store
  • Strong financial acumen and experience managing an OTB
  • Experience building a category in a 'white space'
  • Expertise in vendor negotiation and brand relationship management
  • Proven collaboration with Planning, Tech, Creative, and Digital Merchandising teams

Responsibilities

  • Develop a curated assortment strategy for Beauty & Wellness
  • Own the OTB and manage financial goals including sales and margin
  • Lead vendor negotiations and manage brand partnerships
  • Collaborate with RADS team to create and analyze performance dashboards
  • Act as a liaison between various internal teams and external vendors
  • Communicate trends and updates to vendors and brand partners
  • Interpret seasonal beauty trends into curated product concepts
  • Establish operational frameworks and forecast budgets for the buying team

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous PTO policy
  • Employee discounts
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Comprehensive perks and benefits information available online
Full Job Description
Role Summary

The Nuuly Senior Buyer for Beauty + Wellness is responsible for creating an exciting, timely, and highly curated beauty and wellness assortment. This role requires a true builder mentality, deep multi-brand category expertise, strong financial acumen, and the ability to work highly cross-functionally to build the infrastructure, onboarding processes, and product storytelling needed to scale this business.

Role Responsibilities

  • Merchandising & Strategy: Develop a compelling assortment strategy from the ground up, identifying the core brands and products that align with the Nuuly customer's lifestyle, drive brand heat and encourage retention and engagement.
  • Financial Acumen & OTB Management: Exhibit sharp financial acumen by fully owning the OTB (Open-to-Buy) for the Beauty & Wellness category. Deliver the sales volume, margin, and UPT (Units Per Transaction) targets. Analyze metrics (conversion, velocity, profitability) and respond to current trends to identify opportunities.
  • Vendor Strategy & Negotiation: Lead direct vendor negotiations, margin agreements, and operational onboarding for new brands, as well as extending existing vendor partnerships into the Nuuly ecosystem. Additionally, strategically partner with our current apparel brands to secure their beauty, wellness, and lifestyle extensions.
  • Reporting & Analytics Partnership: Collaborate closely with the RADS (Reporting, Analytics, Data Science) team to define and build the foundational reporting dashboards required for these categories. Routinely synthesize this data to report out on business performance, financial metrics, and strategic insights to executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Act as the linchpin between Buying, Planning, Digital Merchandising & Operations, Marketing, Brand Creative, and Tech teams. Ensure the unique needs of selling beauty/wellness products (e.g., ingredients, shade mapping, compliance) are supported.
  • Communication: Act as the face of Nuuly to the Beauty & Wellness vendor community and our internal brand partners. Foster a sound partnership across all internal business functions to communicate concepts, delivery updates, and trend information.
  • Creative Development: Shop domestic and international markets, track industry trends, and challenge the team to interpret seasonal beauty trends into actionable, highly curated concepts.
  • Organizational Design & Team Building: Establish an organizational philosophy and operational framework for buying within this category ; partner closely with the Head of Product to forecast departmental budgets, define resource needs, and scale the buying team as the business grows.


Role Qualifications

  • 5+ years of buying experience specifically in the Beauty & Wellness category.
  • Must have experience at a multi-brand beauty retailer or department store.
  • Demonstrated financial acumen and proven experience successfully owning and managing an OTB.
  • Demonstrated experience building a category in a "white space" or highly entrepreneurial environment.
  • Expertise in direct vendor negotiation, margin planning, and brand relationship management, as well as the ability to navigate internal corporate matrixes.
  • Strong collaborative skills with a proven track record of partnering with Planning, Tech, Creative, and Digital Merchandising teams.
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The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

About URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)

URBN is a portfolio of global consumer brands comprised of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People, BHLDN, Terrain, Nuuly and Menus & Venues. Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a lifestyle specialty retail company that operates under the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, BHLDN, Terrain, Nuuly and Menus & Venues brands. The company's Urban Outfitters brand offers women's and men's fashion apparel, footwear, beauty and accessories, activewear and gear, and housewares, as well as music, primarily vinyl records and cassettes. The Anthropologie Group brand sells women's apparel, accessories, intimates, home decor, and gifts. The Free People brand includes bohemian apparel, accessories, intimates, and swimwear. The BHLDN brand offers wedding collections. The Terrain brand sells home goods, gifts, and garden products. The Nuuly brand is a subscription-based rental service for women's apparel. The Menus & Venues brand is a hospitality group that operates restaurants and catering.
Learn more about URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)
Size
25,000 employees
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Net Income
$282 million
Founded
1970
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$4 billion
NASDAQ
URBN
* Ladders Estimates

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