Manager, Product Marketing, OPI

Calabasas, CA (Hybrid)

$99K/yr – $125K/yrManager3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive cross-functional product marketing for nailcare by owning P&L and leading integrated GTM plans across markets.

  • Lead new product innovation with a cross-functional team and clear P&L ownership
  • Must-have: 3-5 years in brand/product marketing in beauty
  • Standout: Own initiative P&L and marketing budget with ROI focus

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Reporting to Director, Product Marketing, you will help lead a cross functional team to drive the business through new product and base business innovation, increasing brand awareness and breaking down barriers to disrupt the nail market.
  • Always be on the forefront of new trends and professional product services and translate these to strategy and plan to fuel new product innovation or drive base business commercialization.
  • Help lead new product innovation, including overall project strategy, multi-functional team leadership, project management to meet critical gates, delivering to markets with strong concept sell, category growth story and point of difference, and owning the overall project P&L, initiative tracking and key learnings.
  • Owning the business: understand the sales trends, customer trends, and stay up-to-date on industry trends to make strategic choices and actions to drive the business.
  • Manage Marketing project budgets within corporate processes and procedures.
  • Track business results, analyze and derive insights from consumer and sales data, and provide actionable strategies and brand plans.
  • Driving brand vision and demand creation model to enable the team and markets to deliver with excellence on GTM plans. The vision and strategies must be in-line with brand equity and visual identity.
  • Leading and collaborating with high performing cross functional team to deliver key brand initiatives that are fit to win in the market for both nail technicians and end consumers.
  • Lead development of integrated marketing strategies for all product and commercial initiatives, including role in portfolio, communication priorities, creative concept, assets across touchpoints to enable and market engagement to drive execution.
  • Undertake continuous analysis of competitive environment

Requirements

  • 3-5 years’ experience in brand management or product marketing. Experience in beauty industry is strongly preferred.
  • A bachelor's degree is required (Business Administration, Marketing or similar discipline)
  • An MBA is preferred
  • Proven leadership skills.
  • Strong Strategic thinking with proven analytical skills. Problem-solving oriented.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills.
  • Strong organizational skills, operation discipline and ability to work in autonomy, under general direction, and deliver output requirements timely.
  • Must be a self-starter, needs to be able to act with agility. Nail market is constantly evolving & changing.
  • Highly collaborative – strong ability to work well with other cross-functional partners and across global markets – with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
  • Passion for beauty, relentless creative thinking and brand building and ability to quickly develop category and product expertise.
  • Excellent PC skills especially MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Preferred

  • MBA is preferred.

Benefits

  • health insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO)
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Wella Company

Wella Company is an innovative global beauty leader with a portfolio of iconic hair, nails and beauty tech brands for industry professionals and consumers, including Wella Professionals, OPI, ghd, Briogeo, Nioxin, Sebastian Professional, and Clairol. Our compelling vision to enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves is built on our 140+ year history of creating legendary beauty. Our brand portfolio reflects this spirit: professionally credentialed and many, founder created. Our fusion of science, technology, and artistry produces performance-led products, often further distinguished by patented technology. Professional hair and nail industry artists and beauty-loving consumers are at the heart of everything we do. In just four years, we have transformed our business and brand portfolio. We are the #1 Salon Color Brand in the World with Wella Professionals and #1 Salon Nail Brand in the world with OPI. Working as a connected, diverse global community of more than 6,000 employees, we lead for action and drive results with an Owner’s Mindset, guided by company Values, our entrepreneurial spirit, and One Team accountability. We have a shared desire to positively impact the communities we serve. Our ambition is to become one of the best beauty companies in the industry, one that will last for generations to come. We dream big because we know our potential is unstoppable.

Geneva, Geneva, CHE
4.7K employees (728 in marketing)

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39.3%
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