Assistant Manager Estee Lauder Global Makeup Marketing

About Us

The Estée Lauder Companies are the global leader in prestige beauty — delighting consumers with transformative products and experiences, inspiring them to express their individual beauty. Estée Lauder is the flagship brand of the Estée Lauder Companies Inc. founded by Estée Lauder, the world’s first female entrepreneur. The brand today continues her legacy of creating the most innovative, sophisticated, high-performance skin care and makeup products and iconic fragrances – all infused with deep understanding of women’s needs and desires. Today Estée Lauder engages with women in over 150 countries around the world and at a variety of touch points, in stores and online. And each of these relationships consistently reflects Estée Lauder’s powerful and authentic woman-to-woman point of view.

About the Job

Play a critical role in global end-to-end marketing including product innovation, campaign conceptualization and 360 go-to-market strategy for key subcategories in the Estee Lauder face makeup category. Use market data and consumer insights to inform breakthrough product messaging and storytelling to resonate with diverse consumers. And spearhead execution of launches with multiple cross-functional and regional partners through exceptional leadership, project management and communication skills.

About Your Responsibilities

Support Product Launch Execution

• Understand each stage of the new product launch process and the marketer’s role
• Master internal systems to support product launch in partnership with global value chain
• Conduct extensive competitive analysis on elements such as benefits, claims, texture, pricing, application and ingredients
• Support team with executional details including but not limited to, pricing architecture, forecasting, COG targets in line with corporate goals, package brief, copy briefs, claims and ingredient/technology targets based on extensive competitive analysis and trends.
• Manage ongoing COGs estimates throughout product development lifecycle through solution-oriented mindset to find opportunities for savings with value chain.
• Play a key role in forecast process with GBP partner including preparing and leading sales deck, setting goals by regions, communicating updates to leadership throughout process, preparing and posting bulletin and ensuring all quantities are in by target date.
• Develop strong partnerships with cross-functional teams.

Support 360 Campaign Briefs

• Support development of makeup category creative briefs by sourcing inspiring examples from beauty and other industries through independent research and by keeping a pulse on all key social platforms as a user
• Own product detail slides in briefs and VM claims and copy briefs
• Partner with team to create seasonal campaign launch books

Support in Global Strategy Development

• Partner with the broader makeup team on major strategy decks to present global vision to regions, key markets and key retailers.
• Remain relentlessly up-to-date on emerging and future trends across all relevant industries to identify and grow business opportunities

Effectively Manage Day-to-Day Business needs

• Update global marketing calendar for monthly updates to regions.
• Support ongoing updates to Global scorecard based on forecast and COGs updates.
• Manage ad hoc business analysis requests as needed for SKUs in category of responsibility.
• Submit documents to legal portal and trademark requests.
• Pull data from GMPD.

Qualifications

About You

• Curious learner with a willingness to take on new challenges with a growth mindset
• Rigorous attention to detail and drive to execute with excellence
• Self-starter who takes a proactive approach to ensure all deliverables are met
• Exceptional project management skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Insights driven and consumer-first mindset
• Keep a pulse on trends and innovation in beauty and on social media
• Agility to reprioritize and pivot in a fast-paced environment
• Analytical ability to synthesize data to drive business decisions
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Effectively communicate ideas and captivate an audience with PowerPoint slides

Experiences You Have

• 3+ years related work experience
• College Degree required
• Previous end-to-end beauty product launch experience preferred
• Previous campaign concept and 360 activation experience preferred
• Marketing/Brand Management experience within prestige cosmetics preferred

Job Details

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $73,150 - $109,200. 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 as well as participation in the share incentive plan.

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: Americas-US- Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 1st (Day) Shift
Job Number: 249753

We are an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is the global leader in prestige beauty. ELC is the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skin care, fragrance and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25+ brands sold in approximately 150 countries and territories. Infused throughout the organization is a passion for creativity and innovation — a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected — as we continue the bold work of the company’s founder Estée Lauder.