BUYER

At Beauty Brands, we're passionate about helping our customers look and feel their best—and we're looking for a talented Buyer to help make that happen. As part of our fun, family-centered team, you'll play a key role in shaping our product assortment, developing successful vendor partnerships, and driving sales across multiple beauty categories. We're seeking a proactive, results-oriented professional who combines strong analytical skills with creativity, collaboration, and a genuine enthusiasm for the beauty industry. This position may be structured as either full-time or part-time for the right candidate.

Who We Are:

Beauty Brands, based in Kansas City, was founded in 1995 on the idea of providing a one-stop total beauty experience. Each Beauty Brands location offers more than 50 professional haircare brands, as well as makeup, skincare, bath and body, nail care, and a full-service salon & spa experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Must take ownership for all aspects of the sales and profitability of the assigned categories.
• Responsibilities include sales performance, gross margin, inventory, and any financial adjustments.
• Build merchandise and marketing plans to increase sales revenue at healthy margins
• Manage all aspects of the brand relationships with our vendors to have positive relationships that help create successful business results
• Must be able to manage many brands across multiple categories
• Develop productive and interesting marketing initiatives for direct mail, online, and social media to drive category sales
• Stay current on industry trends and new brands
• Pursue new brands or categories as needed to stay current in the market
• Collaborate with the Merchandise and Marketing Teams on corporate initiatives to drive sales
• Respond to all field concerns in a positive and timely manner
• Develop vendor training initiatives to support the field associates
• Proactively communicate any known issues to the field
• All other duties as assigned