TEMP Associate Manager, Global Brand Management - Fenty Beauty (Finance)

Job Description

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab.

The salary range for this position is $40.00 - $45.00 per hour based upon a San Francisco location.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Temporary Associate Manager of Global Brand Management assists in leading the Fenty Beauty brand and product strategy. This role is responsible for supporting the go-to-market process in close partnership with the Senior Manager and Director. The Associate Brand Manager will help drive both core and new business by identifying gaps in product assortment, implementing product strategy, storytelling with product messaging, and supporting new asset creation for the brand. This role requires an experienced self-starter who is creative, passionate about beauty and products, and has a strong consumer-focused mindset. Additionally, the Associate Brand Manager is responsible for maintaining and building strong brand relationships with cross-functional partners, requiring strong leadership, communication, creativity, and analytical skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive category growth
• Global Brand Management & Brand Advocacy
• Global Product Pipeline, Product Calendar and Product Assortment
• Global Product Briefs
• Product Messaging & Content Direction
• Day to Day Business Management
• Protect Product Margin for ever launch

Global Brand Management & Brand Advocacy

• Partner with Senior Manager and Senior Director to support category growth by maintaining strong "merchant mindset": remain up-to-date on the competitive landscape, consumer trends, visual merchandising best-practices, and social media (i.e. Tik Tok)
• Assist in the development and implementation of global core strategies
• Maintain strong pulse on product performance in-market, identifying "viral moments" and trends that can be leveraged to drive product growth

• Establish and maintain effective cross-functional relationships with internal partners
• Act as brand liaison for internal teams supporting packaging, inventory planning, creative, product development, marketing, education, dotcom and operations

• Prepare and support presentations for management meetings

Global Product Pipeline, Product Calendar, & Product Assortment

• Assist with management of global product calendar and distribution of monthly updates
• Assist with product category and develop new product briefs to build global product pipeline, work with cross-functional partners to gather all necessary information to ensure that retail/cost of goods/margin targets/objectives are met
• Work with Senior Manager & Director to help build global product strategy by leading development of compelling and unique product concepts that fit within franchise positioning, leveraging consumer insights, understanding of gaps in market and portfolio

• Help manage cost and margin targets to meet financial objectives of the brand

• Work closely with North America and International sales, brand management and marketing teams on market needs; serve as global brand advocate to push initiatives forward

Reporting & Research

• Be in-tune with the beauty retailer landscape and identify opportunities to further drive the business

• Assist Senior Manager & Director with maintaining brand margin, conduct cost of good analysis as needed
• Provide key initiatives performance and ad-hoc reporting and analysis as needed
• Make recommendations based on research and sales trends

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• 3-5 years of related business experience, beauty and/or retail experience strongly preferred
• Strong passion for the beauty industry is a MUST!
• Must have a merchant mindset to help drive projects & storytelling
• Must demonstrate strong strategic, analytical, and creative skills
• Must be an excellent communicator (both in-person & digitally) with strong interpersonal skills
• Thrives in an environment that is fast-paced, rapidly changing, and client service-oriented
• Proactive with strong problem-solving skills & a positive attitude
• Team player who can successfully build collaborative relationships and work cross-functionally with product development, packaging, operations, marketing, creative, retail partners, demand planning and supply chain
• Detail-oriented and able to handle multiple priorities while meeting objectives
• Ability to own and drive projects and to make good judgement calls under supervision of Senior Brand Manager
• Highest level of professionalism at all times; calm under pressure
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills