Responsibilities

• Global Category Strategy & Activation
• Partner with the Director to drive category growth by being a category expert with a “merchant mindset” who has extensive knowledge of the competitive landscape, including product offerings, sales & consumer trends, core campaigns, visual merchandising, artistry, and social media (i.e. Tik Tok)
• Drive annual global core strategies to build category growth
• Manage long-range category planning to guarantee financial success and strategic alignment
• Optimize gross margin through strategic pricing, cost management, and obsolescence reduction
• Drive portfolio management by optimizing and discontinuing assortment
• Lead Global Brand projects as needed
• Global Product Management
• Partner with the Director to develop both short-term and long-term product strategies that align with category and brand objectives
• Partner with the Director to optimize P&L lines, costs, and margin targets to meet financial objectives for the category

Requirements

• 5+ years of related business experience, Beauty or Retail industry preferred
• Must demonstrate strong strategic, creative, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across sales, marketing, operations, education, and creative teams
• Thrives on an environment that is fast-paced, rapidly changing, and customer service-oriented
• Able to handle multiple priorities and work within matrixed organization
• Be flexible and agile, with highest levels of professionalism always; calm under pressure
• Team player
• Project management expertise a plus
• Passion for cosmetics a plus