Marketing Manager, Clinique, Travel Retail Worldwide

Position is responsible for driving Clinique Travel Retail Worldwide (TRWW) Makeup and Fragrance categories through ongoing analysis of business as well as 360° development across newness, basic business, in store execution, eventing, and non-saleable support to maximize sales and grow profitable market share.
In addition, this position will be responsible for the leading trade marketing initiatives for the Clinique brand in Travel Retail, including: (1) Driving the Retailer exclusives strategy to ensure the priorities, strategies, calendars and sets are aligned and timely executed, (2) Being the key point of contact for global retailer key accounts, (3) Owning Key Shopping Moments campaigns.
Both aspects of the role require strong project management and communications skills. The success of the position is closely tied to effective partnerships with cross-functional teams including but not limited to Travel Retail regional teams, Travel Retail Innovation Hub, global brand partners, supply chain, and others. #ELCTravelRetail
Makeup and Fragrance categories

• Work closely with Executive Director to drive the retail sales growth of Makeup and Fragrance by developing the strategy and activations for TR.
• Responsible for driving the categories basic business and newness while ensuring relevance in travel corridors.
• Manage master assortment and SKU activity with Regional Teams and our supply team.
• Responsible for the tracking of shipments of all new and limited life products from plant to TR distribution center.
• Manage all Visual Merchandising updates for the responsible categories seasonally in close partnership with the VM team.
• Responsible for leading all aspects of new product launch activity including but not limited to forecasts, creative, merchandising, promotional and saleable elements in cooperation with the relevant support teams.
• Manage day to day requests from regional and global teams. Acting as a key point person for TR WW. Communicate with each regional office (Miami, London & Singapore) on a daily basis to ensure their needs (creative, visual merchandising, programming, etc.) are met.
• Responsible for the preparation of marketing presentations for sales meetings and retailer presentations including the coordination of all Marketing-related support materials.
• Conduct ongoing market and competitive analysis that result in key commercial insights and initiatives.
• Identify commercial, new product, and consumer opportunities to drive focus growth for the responsible franchises.

Trade Marketing

• Lead the day-to-day process of developing retailer exclusive sets - including cost analysis, supply feasibility, creative development, support materials, and managing timelines.
• Be the point of contact for global retailer accounts to manage the seasonal trade marketing calendar, prepare retailer pitch decks and specific activations, and handle retailer trade inventory management
• Continually improve and drive a more efficient process of how retailer exclusives are created (from ideation through to development).
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams (marketing, sales, demand planning, supply chain) and distribution center to ensure new sets are forecasted, received and shipped to plan.
• Manage the development of our retailer exclusive strategy based on past performance, retailer landscape, business objectives and competitive review.
• Own Key Shopping Moment campaigns by co-building or adapting global campaigns and assets to support our regional executions

Qualifications

• Passion for Beauty
• Project management skills
• Collaboration skills with various stakeholders
• Understanding the commercial aspect of the business
• College/University graduate (MBA Preferred)
• Position requires 5+ years of experience in Marketing.
• Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables and Vlookups), Advanced PowerPoint
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Prior knowledge and experience of Asian markets and consumers is helpful
• Analytical skills
• Proven background demonstrating significant skills in the following areas:
• Fully capable of using MAC/PC software including Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, Word. SAP knowledge is a plus.
• Communication skills both written and oral

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.
Job: Marketing
Primary Location: US-NY-New York
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 1st (Day) Shift
Job Number: 2311048
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