Key Account Manager – Specialty

Mission:

Provide Account Management support for Beauty Specialist accounts, i.e., Ulta, Sephora, etc. Responsibilities include Promotional Planning (Scent, Print, Social, Digital, Events, Visuals, POGs, Sampling Campaigns, Launch planning, assist .COM Planning etc.) to achieve Retail and Gross Budget reporting to Key Account Director. Liaison with internal departments in gaining insights and promoting innovative ideas to further grow our brands. Key areas of expertise should include: planning, negotiation, strategic thinking and team playing.

Responsibilities:

• Liaison with DMP team sharing monthly order flow projections by account
• Liaison on advertising comps, ad proofs, and visual assets ensuring deadlines are being met
• Liaison with E-COM on brand priorities, opportunities, and innovation to grow the business
• Liaison with Education on training initiatives specific by account
• Work with Sales Ops, CS, Finance, and DMP on new store openings
• Work with Sales Ops on set up forms
• Support Key Account Director in developing/growing the business:
• Negotiate CO-AD Planning by tactic and provide programs for 5* Calendar Input and Side by Side Calendars
• PUIG Pulse Recaps to Sales Ops and as needed updates to Field Team
• Touch Base with Planners and Buyers as needed
• Liaison on all Sampling Programs from planning to execution across internal departments
• Assist Key Account Director with G2N Monitoring & Reconciliation and work with Sales Adm. for entries
• Corporate Ranking Report Update
• Liaison with Marketing on new ideas, brand focus, visual animations, launch strategies for all programming
• Review and sign off on various contracts - Returns (RTV), Advertising (CO-AD), Markdowns (MDA), Visuals

Skills and Requirements:

• Systems Experience Preferred: Planning reports, Vendor Portals, Sales Adm. Reports, BW, SAP, G2N, HQ SAP (“Cube”), IT raw data
• Able to influence build trustworthy relationships with integrity
• Bachelor’s degree
• Superb verbal and written communication skills, including developing and delivering presentations
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Beauty Specialist retailer experience required
• Strong math and analytical skills
• 10% travel required to local retail locations; 15% required for New York office visits; 75% work- from-home
• 3+ years KAM industry experience

Competencies:

Account Management Interdepartmental Collaboration

Forward Thinking Communication Skills

Problem Solving Strategic Thinking

Perseverance Management by Objectives

Relationship Builder Customer focused

Innovative Promotional Planning

Data Driven

Specific Knowledge required:

• Presentation skills
• Ulta or Sephora brand exposure highly preferable
• Data visualization tools
• Business economics
• Project Management qualification an advantage
• Beauty Specialization
• Advanced Excel skills

As required by New York City salary transparency law, effective November 2022, the expected base salary for this position ranges from $90,000.00 - $105,000.00. Various factors are considered when extending offers, such as relevant skillset, training, years of experience related to the current job description, education, and our organizational structure. In addition to the base salary, PUIG offers a competitive benefits package that includes health and dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, 401K, paid holidays, a generous paid time-off policy, hybrid work environment, and career opportunities within a dynamic team.

EEOC:

Puig is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitment:

At Puig, we are continually looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to join our team. We believe that creating an inclusive environment in which you feel welcomed, valued, engaged, and empowered strengthens our business and fosters a culture where we are inspired to work hard, challenge ourselves, and be innovative in our thinking. Additionally, we believe that the diversity of our employees makes us a stronger company and better able to serve our customers around the world.

About Puig:

Puig creates unique and highly desirable beauty and fashion brands that empower people to reinforce their self-esteem and find their own expression in a family-owned company that aims to leave a better world for the next generation.

Our brand portfolio is structured in three divisions: Beauty and Fashion, with the owned brands Carolina Herrera, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dries Van Noten, Penhaligon’s, and L’Artisan Parfumeur; the licenses of Christian Louboutin and Comme des Garçons perfumes; and Lifestyle fragrances, among them Adolfo Dominguez, Antonio Banderas, Shakira, and Benetton. The Charlotte Tilbury division, which includes the luxury makeup brand and the Derma division, with the Apivita, Uriage and Isdin brands. We sell products in 150 countries and operate 26 subsidiaries.

At Puig we honor the values and principles put in place by three generations of family leadership. Today we continue to build on that legacy, through conscious commitments in our ESG agenda (environmental, social, and governance) aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.