Marketing Manager Skincare Travel Retail Europe

About Coty

About the Role

Coty is seeking a talented, highly motivated and experienced individual to join Coty's Travel Retail Europe Marketing Team.
Reporting to the Category Marketing Director, as Marketing Manager Skincare you will be responsible for a portfolio of Skincare Brands, defining and executing with perfection the Marketing & Trade Marketing strategy of your Brands to achieve defined business objectives (KPIs).
You will work closely with the Global Travel Retail Team and the Global Brand Teams and, more importantly, with the Commercial and Multifunctional Team in Travel Retail Europe.

Main Responsibilities
Define Brands’ strategy for the Travel Retail Europe channel, based on global guidelines but adjusted to distribution and regional needs. Lead your Brands with full ownership, from strategy to flawless execution. Be the Single Point Of Contact for your Brands, supporting and enabling the Commercial Team. Lead the deployment of the Marketing strategy for your Brands to our retailers’ external partners. Define your Brands’ innovation launch plan, working closely with the Commercial and Multifunctional Teams. Build the animation and promotional plan for your Brands in mutualized collaboration with the Commercial Team. Closely monitor Brands’ performance, product launches, execution, sell-in/sell-out quantitative and qualitative information, market trends and opportunities. Perform monthly business analysis and innovation reviews for your Brands, to be shared with the Global Travel Retail Team and Global Brand Teams, in collaboration with the Commercial and Multifunctional Teams. Lead key monthly meetings for your Brands (S&OP, MBU). Perform assortment rationalization exercises based on Travel Retail Europe consumer needs and business performance, tracking C1 to protect profitability. Implement forecast process and sufficiency analysis on forecasts for saleables, samples and GWPs, and present recommendations. Monitor merchandising items forecasts. Perform forecasting and shipment analysis to ensure business objectives are met, and to drive learnings to better plan for the future. Ensure fit-for-use of toolboxes, challenging and partnering with the Global Travel Retail Team and Global Brand Teams. Maximize Brand opportunities through finding creative solutions, making sure all executions have been fully approved by the Global Brand Team and the License. Work on ad-hoc Marketing and Trade Marketing projects for your Brands and lead cross-functional projects. Spearhead relationships with key internal contacts, with emphasis on effectively influencing and challenging the Commercial Team, as well as the Global Brand Teams, providing them a sound understanding of the Travel Retail Europe channel. Flexible to any business needs requirements.

Qualifications/experience
Master’s degree in Management and/or Marketing (or related/equivalent discipline). Minimum 5 years’ Marketing experience in Beauty/Luxury - Skincare category is required. Previous experience in Travel Retail is a plus. Passion for Beauty - Fragrances, Color Cosmetics and Skincare. Strong collaboration and leadership skills required. Strong analytic skills. Sharp organization skills - Able to make the complex simple. Excellent written and spoken communication. Language: Full proficiency in English. French and other languages a plus. Full mastery of Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with automated reporting tools is a plus (Tableau, MS Power BI).

Competences

**Creator mindset**: Proven ability to develop creative solutions, thinking strategically, analytically and conceptually. Solution provider and problem solver, with a pro-active and ‘can do’ attitude. Team Player: Ability to develop effective working relationships, being able to collaborate and influence others, demonstrating integrity and respect. Self-starter: Passionate, enthusiastic, thrives on challenges and keeps a healthy attitude under pressure, takes charge of self-development. Organized in action: Able to organize own work as well as manage and develop others effectively. Constructive networker: Collaborates easily with others and adapts to different working styles. Ability to embrace changes, committed, honest. Excellence in execution: Reliable, gets things done on time and takes responsibility for the quality of all deliverables. Attention to details.