Beauty Buyer: Skin, Makeup & Tools | Data-Driven Growth

The PCA Group; New York; On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The PCA Group's BeautySpace division in New York is seeking an Associate Buyer who combines beauty industry insight with strong merchandising and analytical skills. You will help build, manage, and analyze the brand and product assortment across retail partners, reporting to the Head Buyer.

The role sits at the intersection of beauty, merchandising, analytics, and brand management, offering growth opportunities in buying within a dynamic consumer goods environment.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3+ years of experience in Buying, Merchandising, Planning, or related retail functions.
• Beauty, cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, wellness, or related industry experience strongly preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of beauty or cosmetics experience required.
• Retail or sales experience is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Qlik is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Head Buyer to develop and manage a compelling product assortment for BeautySpace retail partners.
• Monitor the beauty marketplace to identify emerging brands, products, categories, and trends.
• Support brand performance and business review meetings with regular updates.
• Develop market presentations and assortment decks for retail partners.
• Coordinate retailer documentation including item forms, line sheets, UPCs, pricing changes.
• Create and maintain the internal new product workbook for cross-functional communication.
• Collaborate with Planning, Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Sales to launch products.

Skills

Buying

Merchandising

Planning

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

NAV

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Qlik

Job description

The PCA Group's BeautySpace division in New York is seeking an Associate Buyer who combines beauty industry insight with strong merchandising and analytical skills. You will help build, manage, and analyze the brand and product assortment across retail partners, reporting to the Head Buyer.

The role sits at the intersection of beauty, merchandising, analytics, and brand management, offering growth opportunities in buying within a dynamic consumer goods environment.