Planner Beauty

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Qurate Retail Group comprises six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® – all dedicated to providing a more human way to shop. Qurate Retail Group is the largest player in video commerce ("vCommerce"), which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms.

We're looking for a Planner in our Beauty team. You will prepare, monitor and, if necessary, adjust the business plan within the scope of the budget (Sales, Inventory, Airtime & Margin) and providing analysis of sales and margin. You will report to the Manager of Planning.

Who We Are

QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in a lively, engaging way. We offer an ever-changing collection of familiar brands and fresh new products – from home and fashion to beauty, electronics and jewellery – and we connect shoppers to interesting personalities, engaging stories and award-winning customer service. Worldwide, QVC reaches more than 200 million homes via our 12 broadcast networks and reaches millions more via multiple streaming services, websites, mobile apps and social pages. In 2021, QVC International served 4.7 million customers and has more than 7,000 team members in the U.K., Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland and China.

Your Impact

You will be responsible for the active participation in and improvement of processes that maintain and increase sales, productivity within the area. Managing the product lifecycle through strategic and balanced use of promotion and maximisation of airtime, providing post mortem business analysis to support future buying decisions and strategies.

You will Initiate schedules for live TV shows and take appropriate action to maximise the airtime daily.

You will review the schedule 4 weeks out at category level and suggest amendments looking at the bigger picture, understanding the impact of the decisions on the wider costs for the business.

Daily trading through proposing changes to later airs / shows to strengthen sales, looking for opportunities outside of your category (on the day or a week ahead), understanding the impact of the decisions on the wider business.

You will review sales and airtime against plan and last year to identify areas of risk and opportunity.

Be aware of on air programming and alert the Broadcasting team of any problems that occur on air concerning your expertise.

You will be Involved in the analysis and development of campaigns and events across each platform:

You will work with Digital Merchandising, Category Planning, Programming & Alt Channels to shape on and off air events, campaigns, promotions and sales opportunities.

You will provide detailed analysis of stock, sales and margin data to help prepare future events, campaigns or promotions.

What you Bring

It's live television and there are many factors to take into account in planning our sales. You must be adaptabale to live TV challenges. To be successful you need to have experience in sales and inventory analysis, ideally within merchandising or stock management. You will also be commercially minded, creative, numerate and PC literate. Excellent forecasting skills with details oriented mindset.

Join us as we enrich life’s everyday moments – including yours. Apply today!

If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, it’s so you. If you’re excited about retail, fashion, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you’ll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you’ll thrive with us. If you appreciate flexible working options, our Qurated community, where intentional connections matter and a company committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, you’ll be amazed at what’s available for our team members! We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including competitive compensation and great benefits, employee assistance/wellbeing programmes, and much more. With friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers, working with us - it’s so you!

For Qurate Retail Group, our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is deeply rooted in Our Principles. They call on us to Drive Progress, Act With Empathy, Be Brave, Embrace the Future, and Do What’s Right so that everyone can thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, Qurate Retail Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at for assistance. QVC UK is a Disability Confident employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. For any UK based roles - if you’d like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on the application form.

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