Associate Planner | Dermstore

Life at THG Beauty 

We know that beauty isn’t one-size-fits-all. Our portfolio of leading retailers and iconic beauty brands caters to everyone, everywhere, empowering customers all over the world to look and feel fantastic.

By combining our portfolio of owned brands with a marketplace for over 1,300 third-party beauty brands through online retail sites LOOKFANTASTIC, Cult Beauty, and Dermstore, THG Beauty's ambition is to be the global digital partner of choice across the beauty industry, supporting the channel shift to online.

THG Beauty’s breadth of relationships is unique to the beauty market; it engages with brands as a retailer, a brand owner, and a product developer and manufacturer, making it the industry’s digital strategic leader. 

Why be an Associate Planner at THG Beauty?

At Dermstore, we are the premier destination for professional-grade skincare and specialty beauty. As a digital-first leader, we curate the world’s most efficacious clinical brands, providing our customers with expert-led solutions for their skin health. We set the industry standard for e-commerce excellence by combining dermatological heritage with a seamless, high-growth shopping experience.

The Associate Planner supports inventory, forecasting, and stock management across the Cosmetics and Fragrance categories. This role helps ensure healthy stock levels and strong collaboration with both internal partners and external suppliers. The Associate Planner plays a key role in maintaining product availability, meeting sales targets, and optimizing inventory positions across multiple warehouses.

As an Associate Planner, you’ll:  

• Forecast sales and demand at the SKU, brand, and category level using sales history, trends, and business plans.
• Replenish inventory weekly and maintain healthy weeks of supply to minimize out‑of‑
• Manage allocation across multiple warehouses to support balanced coverage and reduce split shipments.
• Analyze performance to provide recommendations for range planning and budgeting.
• Monitor aged and slow‑moving inventory and propose swaps, RTVs, or sales-driving strategies.
• Support seasonal forecasts, annual budget input, and management reporting.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, buyers, supply chain, marketing, etc., to ensure stock accuracy and resolve issues.
• Balance availability targets, with EOM stock objectives to optimize inventory health.

Key Measurements:

• Maintain ~95% category availability
• Sustain correct weeks of supply by category
• Achieve high forecast accuracy at SKU and brand levels.
• Maintain appropriate sales-to-stock ratios.
• Reduce overstocks to support EOM stock targets.
• Contribute to achieving healthy outbound split across US warehouses.

What skills and experience do I need for this role? 

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1–3 years of experience in planning, forecasting, or a related analytical role (retail a plus).
• Strong analytical skills and ability to apply logical problem‑solving.
• Advanced Excel proficiency; SQL knowledge is a plus.
• Clear, collaborative communicator who thrives in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proactive self‑starter with a positive attitude and passion for beauty.

What’s in it for me? 

• Salary: $70,000 - $80,000
• Hybrid Work Model - 3 days office/2 days home
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  
• 401K matched up to 5%
• Generous PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Short and long-term disability
• Exclusive employee discounts off THG Brands