At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape and deliver category plans for beauty products, balancing sales and inventory.
- Company: Join QVC Group, a Fortune 500 leader in live social shopping.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, health benefits, discounts, and tuition reimbursement.
- Other info: Hybrid role with onsite collaboration at our UK Head Office.
- Why this job: Make an impact in a dynamic retail environment with amazing career growth.
- Qualifications: Experience in planning or merchandising, with a commercial mindset.
Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road.
Your Opportunity, Your Team
Merchandise Planner Beauty supports QVC UK and is responsible for shaping and delivering robust category plans that balance sales, inventory, airtime and margin, while acting as a strategic business partner to Buying.
Where You'll Work
This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at our UK Head Office 2 days per week. Onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company.
What You'll Do
- Prepare, monitor and adjust the category business plan within budget across sales, inventory, airtime and margin.
- Act as the category planning business partner for Buying, providing insight-led analysis on sales and margin performance.
- Review schedules up to four weeks out, proactively recommending changes to optimise sales and manage risk.
- Drive daily trading performance by proposing changes to later airs and identifying cross-category opportunities.
- Manage the product lifecycle, using promotions and airtime strategically and delivering post-event analysis to inform future decisions.
What You'll Bring
- Experience with planning, trading, merchandising or commercial analysis, ideally within retail or an omnichannel environment.
- Experience with sales, stock and margin data to influence decisions.
- Ability to work collaboratively cross-functionally with teams such as Buying, Digital, Programming or Merchandising.
- A commercial mindset with the ability to balance short-term trading actions and longer-term category strategy.
- Understanding of product seasonality and seeing through the eyes of the customer.
Disability Confident Scheme
QVC UK is a Disability Confident Leader, level 3 accredited employer and operates a Disability Confident Scheme (“DCS”). For any UK based roles, if you’d like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on the application form.
Total Rewards
- Competitive compensation
- Paid time off
- An employee assistance program
- Parental leave
- Paid volunteer hours
- Amazing company discounts
- Health care benefits starting on day 1
- 401(k)
- Tuition reimbursement benefits
QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier‑free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us for assistance.
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