Manager, Fragrance Foresight Jobs

The Manager role supports our senior executives in developing the direction and implementation of consumer and category strategy to gain market share. The role is responsible to define and implement key short and long term strategic priorities for consumer, trend, benefits and innovation pipeline by enabling a deep understanding and foresight of the prestige and luxury beauty industry to drive tremendous growth for the Estée Lauder Companies.
Consumer Leadership

• Lead brand insight to action collaborate directly with Brand teams (strategy, marketing, product development) to embed and action consumer research and insights and enable just-in-time decision making
• Monthly development & presentation of consumer and category insights and analytics on key topics of interest enable enterprise to play its portfolio against big, fast growing and new trends by enabling Brands to make strategic bets by creating, reacting to and predicting opportunities through a deeper understanding of consumer and category insights, internal and external technology assets, macroeconomic forces and global and local Beauty trends
• Present to c-suite leadership on Brand actions
• Play a key role in the category strategy development process, supporting senior management in enabling Brands, Regions and Functions to achieve objectives
• Lead the end to end project management of consumer research and analysis including scoping research, establishing hypothesizes with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, developing survey and research guidelines, manipulating and analyzing consumer research data and delivering pertinent and actionable insights to Brands and Functions
• Serve as point person for all brand teams on ad-hoc consumer and category questions
• Lead strategic consumer research projects, including global consumer segmentation model, working with brands to identify and embed consumer segments for media planning, innovation and marketing planning; support the Brand Health Tracking, including aligning inputs for brand cluster, reviewing data and working with brands to action insights

Data Analysis

• Independently assess data analytics across internal and external data sources to create a holistic view with the consumer insights in order to address business objectives, including cadenced category reviews with action items to be tracked by brand
• Work alongside brand team to develop presentations, organize ideation and work sessions which feed into strategic workstreams, as part of the brand planning cycle
• Include Market Trends, Digital Landscape, Shopper Behavior and Consumer Voice as part of analysis plan

Qualifications

• Create and deliver succinct Power Point presentations to communicate insights and strategy concisely to stakeholders
• Highly engaged with and aware of trends, brands and news in the beauty and adjacent landscape
• Ability to handle a heavy workload with competing priorities
• Strong connections with key points of contact and / or capable of creating / developing cross ELC relationships
• Consumer-obsessed mindset to bring global and nuanced perspectives to all meetings
• Highly developed analytical capabilities, strategic thinking, influencing skills, flexibility, strong work ethic, excellent oral and written communication
• The ideal candidate must have
• Ability to work independently and proactively with all levels of the organization
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills with the ability to shift focus, multi-task, and prioritize in a rapidly changing environment
• 6 years’ experience in a consumer research or strategy role. Management consulting and/or consumer strategy preferable.
• Mandarin proficiency highly desirable
• Ability to work cross-functions / Regions / Brands and effectively interact with all ELC departments
• Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA highly desirable

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $82,500 to $135,500. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
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Primary Location US-NY-New York
Job Type Standard
Schedule Full-time
Shift 1st (Day) Shift
Job Number 2310070
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