Job Description

BRAND MANAGER LUXURY, MIDDLE EAST and AFRICA
LOCATION: Dubai
LANGUAGES: English & Arabic would be a plus
Fancy working with some of the world's most prolific luxury fragrance and cosmetic brands such as Gucci, Burberry, Chloe, Roberto Cavalli, Marc Jacobs, Hugo Boss, and philosophy to name a few?
COTY Middle East has an exciting opportunity for a Brand Manager to help grow some of our popular Prestige brands in the Middle East & Africa.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Develop and deliver local initiative launch plans in collaboration with internal key stakeholders (e.g. sales team, trade marketing, brand finance) and external partners (e.g. media agency).
Ownership of brand budget, ensuring effective and accurate budget management including administration of all invoices, monthly accruals and budget trackers
Managing of all brand media, including briefs, agency relationships, global and fashion house approvals and internal alignment, with support from the Marketing Manager.
Local brand management including P&L steering to make sure all brand investments are delivering vs target KPIs and profitability targets.
Working with the internal & international merchandising teams to manage the design and production of local POS elements, ensure they follow both Global guidelines and UK market requirements.
Liaising with internal PR/ Influencer Marketing team to drive consumer engagement and off and online reach.
Work with internal teams on forecasts of all new initiatives and correct phasing in line with our sell-out ambitions.
Driving an online first mentality, finding disruptive ideas that connect with consumers and deliver strong ROI.
Conducting pre and post analysis of launches and promotions - qualitative and quantitative.
Brand analysis and share reporting on a monthly basis providing insights to relevant team members.
Along with internal cross divisional teams, co-manage the S&OP process, driving insights and actions for the accurate forecast for new and ongoing stock forecasts.
With the support of the Marketing Manager, create and implement the UK brand strategy which includes short-term intervention plans as well as longer term brand vision goals.
Development and delivery of brand presentations to Internal and external stakeholders, including retailers, media owners and internal teams.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
Degree or equivalent qualification in a Business-related degree preferable.
3 to 5 years' experience in a similar role ideal & an understanding/appreciation of the fine fragrance market and retail environment required.
A strong financial acumen, understanding the details of P&L drivers and management.
A relentless passion for Beauty industry.
Analytical mindset: A doer who proactively seeks improvement, is a solution provider and a problem solver.
Organized in action, structured mind.
A team player. Always listening to understand and creating informal teams to succeed (as a team).
Self-Starter; is passionate, enthusiastic and has fun in work achievement.
Excellence in execution; Takes responsibility for the quality of all deliverables, contributes to doing things better and faster.
Leader mentality, owns it, drives it. Sees opportunities to fix/ improve processes and drives stakeholders to support deliver this change.
Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
Constructive networker: collaborates easily with others and adapts to different working styles.
Change Champion; Is resilient and flexible, adapts to new challenges.