The Manager role supports our senior executives in developing the direction and implementation of category and innovation strategy to gain market share. The role is responsible to define and implement key short and long term strategic priorities for consumer, trend, benefits and innovation pipeline by enabling a deep understanding and foresight of the prestige beauty industry to drive tremendous growth for the Estée Lauder Companies.

Category Leadership

• Support the development of 3-year market projections for category and the brand ambitions across the category

• Plays a key role in the category strategy development process, supporting senior management in enabling Brands, Regions and Functions to achieve objectives

• Lead the end to end project management of market and category analysis including scoping of analysis, establish hypothesizes with senior leadership and cross-functional teams and delivering pertinent and actionable insights to Brands and Functions

• Develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct category analyses and develop category foresight actioned via a clear where to play / how to win set of choices that drive category market share gains

• Enable enterprise to play its portfolio against big, fast growing and new trends by enabling Brands to make strategic bets by creating, reacting to and predicting opportunities through a deeper understanding of category insights, internal and external technology assets, macroeconomic forces and global and local Beauty trends

• Assess short- and long-term gaps vs. strategic plans, pipelines and execution (Innovation, Marketing and Supply Chain sufficiency) to drive product innovation and commercial activation

• Track and govern the deployment and execution of key strategic initiatives by designing metrics and KPIs and drive actionable analytics against scorecard and company goal

• Present to c-suite leadership on Brand actions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA highly desirable

• 4-6 years’ experience in a strategy role. Finance, Investment Banking, Management consulting and/or Consumer Strategy preferable.

• Mandarin proficiency highly desirable

• The ideal candidate must have:

  • Develop and build excel models to build financial projection backed by key assumptions

  • Highly developed strategic thinking, influencing skills, flexibility, strong work ethic, excellent oral and written communication

  • Ability to work independently and proactively with all levels of the organization

  • Ability to handle a heavy workload with competing priorities

  • Create and deliver succinct Power Point presentations to communicate insights and strategy concisely to stakeholders

  • Detail oriented with strong organizational skills with the ability to shift focus, multi-task, and prioritize in a rapidly changing environment

  • Ability to work cross-functions / Regions / Brands and effectively interact with all ELC departments

Strong connections with key points of contact and / or capable of creating / developing cross ELC relationships

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: 2310332

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.