3 Buying jobs in Uxbridge

LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY – BUYING DIRECTOR EUROPE (LEADING HEALTH & BEAUTY RETAILER)

Job Title: Buying Director, Europe

Reporting To: Director - Western Europe

Location: Slough or Weybridge

Salary: £100,000–£120,000 (depending on experience)

Package: Car Allowance, Private Medical, Pension, Holiday Allowance, Product Discounts, Onsite Parking

Type: Full Time, Permanent (Hybrid: 3 office / 2 home)

Overview

We are seeking an ambitious and commercially astute Buying Director to lead and evolve our health & beauty buying strategy across Europe. With a remit spanning multiple international markets, this high-profile role offers the opportunity to shape the product vision, drive category growth, and strengthen supplier partnerships at scale.

As a key member of the leadership team, you’ll be responsible for creating a forward-thinking, trend-led product offering across own-label, branded, and exclusive ranges – ensuring we remain competitive and relevant in an ever-changing global retail environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and deliver the long-term European buying strategy across health, beauty, wellness, and personal care, in line with business growth objectives.
• Inspire, coach, and lead a high-performing buying team, fostering a culture of innovation, agility, and accountability.
• Develop differentiated category plans using insights, data, and European market trends to drive sales and margin growth.
• Own supplier relationships and sourcing strategies, building international partnerships that unlock exclusivity, innovation, and scale.
• Define promotional and pricing strategies that balance short-term trading success with sustainable long-term value.
• Partner closely with marketing, supply chain, digital, and finance to deliver seamless execution across all European channels.
• Influence at board level, providing commercial leadership and input into transformation and expansion initiatives.
• Be the customer champion, ensuring product ranges are trend-led, relevant, and aligned with evolving consumer needs across European markets.

Required experience and background

• Proven leadership in a senior buying or trading role – ideally within Health, Beauty, FMCG or Retail
• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance vision with delivery, long-term growth with short-term results
• Strong supplier relationship and negotiation expertise, with experience driving large-scale joint business plans
• A track record of leading, developing and inspiring buying teams across multiple categories
• Highly analytical and confident using data to inform decisions and shape strategy
• Strong understanding of customer behaviour, category drivers and the competitive retail landscape
• A collaborative, influential leader, comfortable operating at senior executive level

This is a rare chance to shape the future of health and beauty retail during an exciting period of momentum and innovation. If you’re a strategic, commercially-minded leader ready to make a big impact – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today or reach out directly:

Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with other department functions on behalf of the department as required (working closely with Merchandising, warehouse, finance and stores)
• Filing and data management – accurate and concise in approach
• Generating weekly reports for Monday trade
• Liaising with suppliers on a day to day basis
• Assisting in buying trip preparation

• Ensure all information in order is accurate, formulas are correct and missing information is followed up on
• Helping to create trend reports and presentations for our luxury department store managers and retail staff.
• Monitor competitors, research and present new brand proposals and provide feedback on current market trends.
• Working closely with brands, managing order confirmations, purchase orders and repeats - whilst maintaining a comprehensive and accurate tracker and priority schedule.
• Take part in store visits and provide detailed feedback to the Buyers and Merchandising team.
• Review margins and RRP’s highlighting to the Buyers the seasonal changes and providing details of what is required to ensure consistent growth.

Requirements

• Previous experience within a Buying Admin role preferable (placement year or internship experience will be considered)
• Passionate about gaining experience and developing a career in Branded Buying
• Passionate about working with luxury high fashion brands
• Proactive, hard-working & excellent at building relationships
• Advanced Excel skills (advantageous)
• Hard-working, proactive and self-motivated
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• Pension and life assurance
• Enviable discounts
• Gym Discounts
• Summer Hours -
• Half Day, Pay Day Friday (once per month)
• RetailTrust support
• And so much more!

Our Culture  

We’re an energic fast-paced brand that embraces progress and strives for innovation. Hard work is rewarded with new opportunities at every level and kindness is celebrated in everything we do. Our summer working hours accommodate a healthy work life balance. Wellbeing is important to our working culture, which is why we nurture a friendly environment for talent to thrive in, alongside a vibrant social community.

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963.  Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness |  For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism