Posted 15 days ago

Director of Beauty

LehiHybrid

AI Summary

The Director of Beauty sets the strategic direction for end-to-end planning, forecasting, and inventory optimization for high-profile beauty brands on Pattern's ecommerce platform, leading a team of managers and owning P&L-level outcomes tied to inventory, margin, and revenue.

About this role

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list.

Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 66 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit pattern.com or email [email protected].

Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®.

Pattern is the premier partner for global ecommerce acceleration and is headquartered in Utah's Silicon Slopes tech hub—with offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Valued at $2 billion+, Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies in America by Inc. More than 100 global brands rely on Pattern's global ecommerce acceleration platform to scale their business around the world. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of America's Most Loved Workplaces®.

The Director of Beauty owns the end-to-end strategic vision for Beauty brands partnering with Pattern. setting the direction for planning, forecasting, and inventory strategy that the wider Beauty organization executes against. This is a full time role that works a hybrid schedule (60% in office each week) based in Lehi, Utah.

What is a day in the life of a Director of Ecommerce?

Set the strategic direction for end-to-end planning, forecasting, and inventory optimization across high-profile beauty brands, overseeing Associate Directors and Managers who execute against it

Own category intake strategy at a portfolio level — OTB, ordering, and excess management — ensuring optimum inventory health and in-stock performance while controlling capital usage across the business

Translate forecast deviations and their future implications into decisive action, setting the mitigation approach the wider team builds plans around

Shape segmented assortment strategy using quantitative market analysis, informing how the business prioritizes categories and partners

Own brand partner relationships at the executive level, leading high-stakes discussions on Buy Strategy, Sell In/Sell Out forecasts, and Supply Chain optimization, and serving as the ultimate point of escalation

Set the trading lever strategy (swap and return negotiations, EOL MD management, promotional planning) that the team executes to hit revenue and margin targets

Own annual, quarterly, and weekly budget setting in partnership with Finance and Brand Growth leadership

Lead the onboarding strategy for new partners, ensuring data-led forecasting and buying strategies set brands up for long-term success

Drive operational excellence at scale — sponsoring innovation projects and team initiatives that improve inventory productivity and margin across the org

Represent Beauty brands to senior leadership and the executive team, presenting in Inventory Health Reviews, Quarterly Business Reviews, and Assortment Reviews

Build, develop, and lead a team of Associate Directors and Managers, setting goals and growing talent within the the Beauty organization

What will I need to thrive in this role?

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, or a related field

Significant experience leading merchandising, buying, or inventory planning functions within the Beauty category

Proven track record owning P&L-level outcomes tied to inventory, margin, and revenue

Outstanding analytical and data management skills, with the ability to translate data into executive-level decisions

Strong track record building and scaling high-performing teams

Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership and executive audiences

High ethical standards

Management consulting experience a plus

What does high performance look like?

You set clear direction and hold your team accountable to follow through on all assignments in a timely manner

You give 100% to all tasks and projects you own

You actively drive group collaboration across Beauty, Finance, and Brand Growth

You take full ownership of the categories and partners under your remit and follow through to completion

You are detail-oriented and organized, even while operating at a strategic level

What is my potential for career growth?

This role is a great way to lead Pattern's Beauty function and grow future category leaders. The Director of Beauty position is a strong lead-in to broader leadership roles at Pattern.

What does success look like in the first 30, 60, 90 days?

30 Days - You have your team schedule and structure established with regular 1:1s, you build strong relationships with team members, brand managers, and Beauty brand partners.

60 Days - You hold regular strategy sessions to share valuable suggestions with Beauty brand partners.

90 Days - You build and execute successful strategies and understand the nuances of your Beauty brands’ ecommerce needs.

We want individuals who are:

Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.

Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.

Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.

Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

What is the hiring process?

Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team

Video interview with a hiring manager

Onsite interview with a panel of department leaders

Professional reference checks

Executive review

Offer

How can I stand out as an applicant?

Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples

Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team

Focus on mentioning how you would make a difference at Pattern

Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics

Skills

Assortment StrategyBeauty CategoryBudget ManagementBuyingData AnalysisEcommerceForecastingInventory PlanningMerchandisingOTBP&L ManagementSupply Chain Optimization