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Born on South Molton Street, London in 1971, Molton Brown is an icon of uniquely British style. Today, Molton Brown is one of the leading global brands in Kao´s global cosmetics portfolio. Growing from small-scale artisans into the international fragrance brand it is today, its pioneering presence is felt in our stores and websites, travel retail, luxury department stores and the most esteemed hotels around the world.
Expertly blended in London, Molton Brown’s signature fragrances, bath and shower gels, home and hand care luxuries have claimed iconic status. Kao and Molton Brown have a passion for integrity, for craftsmanship, for artistry and for giving our consumers the ultimate, quality experience.
The role:
To support the Brand Manager in managing their sub-category from innovation concept to launch, incl. campaigns and activation through NPD led events.
What you will do:
- Supporting the Brand Manager generating actionable insights to help with formalisation of strategy for their assigned sub-category, with a specific focus on consumer and market insights.
- Support NPD day to day projects from initiation to product launch on markets through Kaihatsu process. Responsibility includes delivery on time, on brief as well as commercial viability and escalation of any upcoming issue or challenge to Management. Review assortment performance to ensure we stay ahead of competition and relevant to our consumers.
- Deliver the sell-in presentation and supporting the Brand Manager to work with Creative Services to develop a Global Marketing toolkit of support items needed for local marketing to sell the Brand story and products successfully (presentations, product information, and sales aids for trade & others that are consumer-facing).
- Driving campaign and activation commercial & creative briefing and delivery. Responsible for flawless cascade across all touch points through campaign assets delivery on each campaign for assigned categories, ensuring the support of our brand positioning. Responsible for ensuring consistent consumer activation through every platform (in store, PR, online) & channel. Provide Senior Manager with post-analysis reports of events commercial results.
- Responsible for a range of performance KPIs of assigned categories. Delivery on time, on brief (pack/formula), on brand (Global toolkit) & on COGs of their projects.
- You will support the Brand Manager to deliver specific asset requests from markets (UK, US, Australia, GAS, Nordics) & trade channel need (SAS, On line, Hotel, Travel retail)
- You will support the Brand Manager with development of the Global toolkit of support items needed to sell the Molton Brown story and products successfully e.g. presentations, product information, and sales aids for trade and samples.
What you will need:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Minimum one year experience preferably within a health & beauty, brand-driven business, at least 6 months of which were spent in a head office product development role.
- Ability to turn insight into actionable projects
- Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrable strong affinity with the Molton Brown brand and the luxury beauty world
Molton Brown is part of Kao founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values, we pride ourselves to be listed among the World´s Most Ethical Companies since 17 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation and treating each other with trust and respect.
How we work: Having been selected among the World´s Most Ethical Companies for 17 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.
What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with competitive salaries, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.
Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.
Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit https://www.kao.com/emea/en/
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