Closing soon
Assist the Product Manager, Beauty & LCP in daily retail operational tasks and projects to drive the growth of the brand in make-up and skincare.
Main responsibilities
Marketing strategy implementation
- Assist in the operational implementation of the Givenchy marketing plan UK / Eire. This includes but not limited to; new product launch allocations, GWP and sample monthly drops, new store openings, promotional site requirements, in-store event activation, retailer events, production of local support POSM, artwork for retailers, newsletters
- Contribute to the generation of creative ideas within the department
Trade and field-force
- Main point of contact for the field and sales team on all operational elements and on basic product information (sizes / pricing / packshots)
- Follow up day to day needs from the field and liaison with the Sales & Training departments
- Follow up on various Trade requests, in line with trade marketing plan
- Place all product/POSM orders incl. cupboard orders, pre-series, site support, retailer activations, agency send-outs
- Act as key contact with Customer Service to track deliveries, monitor any OOS, etc.
Marketing material
- Responsible for development and production of retailer specific marketing material, in line with Marketing Managers guidelines and budget
Analysis and reporting
- Responsible for promotional trackers to measure ROI
- NPD market analysis: download of monthly NPD reports as part of Monthly Business review, responsible for monthly beauty sell out report as well as New Product Performance Analysis Reporting for the Central and Ad hoc NPD analysis to aid with forecasting
- Qualitative competition analysis, including brands and retailers
- Compilation of Beauty & Premium Fragrance competitor slides for Monthly Business review to give context to market results. To be finalised the first week of every month
- Launch reports including actual performance, monitoring vs target and recommendations
- Complete two store visits per month to track competition, keep monthly tracker updated with key competitor 360 info
- Lead & work with other departments on timely completion of Hot News & launch reports
- In charge of getting qualitative field feedback on new launches
Budget
- Raise all Beauty & LCP POs including Media POs
- Monitor expenditure and reconciliation of internal systems
- Ensure the media & free-product budgets are rigorously kept up to date
- Alternate monthly actuals with Fragrance intern (every 2 months)
Communications & presentations
- Weekly check of La Beauty Box on Monday morning, download new Beauty & LCP assets & documents with email to team to communicate updates
- Creation of team communications on specific projects, e.g. monthly retail communications, engraving packs for stores, launch memos for big launches
- Compilation of quarterly sales presenter to share with Commercial team (alternate with Fragrance intern)
- Ad hoc support on presentation slides for retailer strategy meetings, other internal & external presentations
Person specification
Key competencies & technical skills
- Fluent in English
- Strong Computer skills (Powerpoint, Word, Excel)
- Good analytical skills
- Strong communication skills
- Able to be proactive and reactive
- Strong organisational skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Creative flair
- Team working abilities
Profile
- University educated
- Previous experience in Marketing,
- Interest in the Beauty industry
- Available for 1 year