Assistant Marketing Manager, La Mer/Clinique/Origins/Darphin/Lab Series

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

As an Assistant Marketing Manager, you will report to the Regional Marketing Director and act as a key steward of our product assortment. You will be responsible for translating business strategy into effective product mix decisions, leading the freshness and excess inventory management process to ensure our assortment remains competitive and profitable. By collaborating closely with internal and external partners, you will manage product forecasts to ensure timely availability for both day-to-day business and strategic events. Your work will be crucial in creating a seamless product experience that directly contributes to brand and business growth.

Assortment & Inventory Management (Saleables & Non-Saleables) (40%)

• Supply Chain Operations: Collaborate with Distribution Centers to proactively monitor stock levels and minimize out-of-stock (OOS) situations. Effectively communicate critical stock information to Commercial and Sales teams.
• Inventory Control: Oversee stock transitions for product upgrades/HP changes and manage stock returns. You will lead the execution of excess inventory decisions in coordination with key stakeholders.
• Performance Analysis: Assist in tracking the performance of new product launches and monitoring cannibalization. Partner with demand planners and leadership to make forward adjustments that align with financial targets.
• Data Maintenance: Maintain and update monthly inventory dashboards, tracking reports, and the Product Assortment Matrix to ensure timely and accurate information is provided to retailers.
• Quality & Issue Resolution: Submit product quality issues into the system and provide feedback to commercial teams.
• Partner with marketing teams and demand planner to tracking timeliness of supply of non-saleables forecasted by including Samples and GWPs forecasted, for budget reconcilliation.
• Partner with Marketing department to flag availability of new/aging promotional reserve to ensure timely usage of samples/collaterals and minimize aging/excess.

Freshness & Excess Management (20%)

• Proactive Planning: Monitor critical aging inventory buckets (Short and Medium-Term) to identify and flag freshness and excess issues. Partner with demand planners to re-phase or redeploy inventory as needed to prevent waste.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Work with GBSC (Global Brand Supply Chain), Demand Planning, and the TR APAC Go-To-Market Compliance team on product-related changes to minimize business impact.

Forecasting & Supply Coordination (30%)

• Strategic Forecasting: Lead regular Inventory and Marketing Assortment review calls on validity/phase out, and communicate relevant updates to the TR APAC team.
• Forecasting Proposals: Partner with demand planners to create and present data-driven forecast proposals for new and ongoing products. Gain alignment from leadership by incorporating insights on retail trends and promotional plans.
• Order Management: Partner with GBSC to track new product launches and exclusives to ensure timely execution of trade marketing calendars. Assist the Marketing Manager in troubleshooting order and shipment issues for smooth delivery to customers.
• Partner with GBSC to track NPLs and with iHub on TR exclusives ensuring timely sell-in for execution of trade marketing calendars, prioritize orders with VP/GM & Marketing as needed.

Process Optimization (10%)

• Workflow Improvement: Take ownership of existing Travel Retail Worldwide’s reports and documents to evaluate and streamline processes in collaboration with Regional Marketing Directors (RMDs). Eg: NPL OCD Tracker Release, Excess Review & Redeployment, Freshness Review, Assortment Master File, Z006 Submissions.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 3 years of related experience
• Strong analytical skills, meticulous attention to detail, proficiency with numbers, and technical savvy
• High proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with statistical data analysis, Power BI, and SAP is advantageous
• Ability to utilize the most effective visualization methods to convey data-driven stories
• Understanding of the FMCG/Beauty industry is a plus

      Characteristics:

• Quick learner and resourceful
• Capable of working independently and taking initiative to uncover unknowns
• Meticulous, organized, and detail-oriented
• Able to remain calm and composed under pressure
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand numerical data
• Proactive and able to collaborate closely with team members and business stakeholders to understand business objectives and the data required to solve problems
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support various stakeholders' objectives and effectively use data storytelling to communicate findings
• Strong multi-tasking abilities