Beauty Buyer: Strategic Partnerships & Growth

FabFitFun, Inc.; California; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Other benefits

Job summary

FabFitFun, Inc. in Beverly Hills, CA is seeking a Buyer, Beauty to join our Merchandising team. This full-time role is based at HQ with a hybrid schedule (in-office four days a week).

You will develop and manage tier 1 & 2 beauty brand partnerships, buy products per line plan, and drive margins for ecomm and the subscription box. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in beauty buying/merchandising, strong negotiation, data-driven decision making, excellent Excel skills, and a robust beauty network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Business, Communications or a related field.
• 4+ years beauty buying/merchandising experience in traditional retail environment (Subscription or off price model preferred).
• Experience managing 75+ active brand conversations at one time.
• Confident negotiating costs, managing an order from PO placement through transportation and on-time delivery.
• Ability to independently solve complex category challenges and exercise strong business judgment.
• Strong knowledge of beauty ingredients, formulations, and product positioning.
• Strong rolodex with existing contacts and relationships in the beauty category.
• Ability to manage open to buy (OTB) and meet company financial goals.
• Adaptable to change and receptive to feedback and suggestions.
• Demonstrated familiarity and working fluency with modern AI tools such as Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and similar platforms.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate market research, assortment analysis, vendor communication drafting, and business insights.
• Experience using AI to synthesize data, generate summaries, and streamline workflow execution.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with ability to meet deadlines.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong retail math proficiency

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage tier 1 & 2 beauty brand partnerships, bringing in new product categories for subscription box, driving both quality and value to members
• Buy products according to line plan, ensuring you meet financial goals for Ecomm (margin, SKU productivity, revenue) and Box (cost benchmarks, Q score/Awareness targets) while maintaining a well balanced assortment
• Develop and execute balanced assortments that serve members and business in a strategic, focused way
• Drives insights by partnering with relevant teams and uses data to influence category wide strategies to support divisional initiatives
• Execution of deals by working cross-functionally with the operations, legal, marketing, production, planning, and merch strategy teams
• Conduct competitive marketplace analysis to assess and create business opportunities. Attend market and/or trade shows seasonally
• Review hindsight business analysis after corresponding sales/Box seasons to ensure learnings & new opportunities are clear and actionable for team

Skills

Negotiation

Project management

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Business, Communications or related field

Tools

Excel

AI tools (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude)

Job description

FabFitFun, Inc. in Beverly Hills, CA is seeking a Buyer, Beauty to join our Merchandising team. This full-time role is based at HQ with a hybrid schedule (in-office four days a week).

You will develop and manage tier 1 & 2 beauty brand partnerships, buy products per line plan, and drive margins for ecomm and the subscription box. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in beauty buying/merchandising, strong negotiation, data-driven decision making, excellent Excel skills, and a robust beauty network.