Head of Visual Merchandising - London, United Kingdom - L'Oreal

L'Oreal
L'Oreal
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London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Head of Visual Merchandising - L'Oreal Paris (12 months Fixed Term) - CPD


When you look at L'Oréal, what do you see? If all you see is lipstick, look again and experience the Freedom to go Beyond the ordinary.

That's the beauty of L'Oréal. We operate in 150 countries on 5 continents.

With 36 international brands and 86,000 employees worldwide, we're well on our way to fulfilling our common purpose:
to create beauty that moves the world.

By 2030 we want to capture over another 1 billion consumers around the world.

How? By creating cosmetic products which meet the infinite diversity of consumers beauty needs and desires, and always through digital innovation.

Not only that but taking our sustainability goals seriously; moving us to a more inclusive and sustainable society, for every generation.


Our brands, dynamic culture, and always being our own challenger mean that we offer freedom and opportunity you won't get anywhere else.

If you want the Freedom to go Beyond, we'll see you at L'Oréal.


As part of the Consumers Products Division, you'll be playing a huge part in our mission: to democratize the best of beauty, and for us, beauty has to be sustainable.


We embrace and enhance emerging trends to create the most relevant and sustainable beauty products and experiences, making them accessible to each and everyone all around the world, thanks to the diversity of our brands and their communities.


  • Our Division has the world's #1 beauty brand in L'Oréal Paris, the #1 makeup brand in Maybelline New York, the #1 natural brand in Garnier, as well as NYX Professional Make Up. Beyond our four iconic global brands, we have a unique brand portfolio including among others like Essie and Garnier.
You will

Responsible for L'Oreal Paris' Makeup merchandising across UK & Ireland.

Guardianship of brand identity:
De-coding brand image, value and sense of purpose and translating appropriately for the UK and Ireland market. Understand customers, retailers, and environments to optimise all we deliver.


Lead, engage and enable the merchandising team to design and execute the vision of L'Oreal Paris makeup activation in stores.


Collaboration and communication:

  • Internally ensure transparency on deadlines and budget to manage business expectations and deliver projects that are on brand, customer focused, exciting, on time and within budget. Develop a close working relationship with external partners and suppliers to develop a common goal and synchronised way of working. Work closely with the internal teams (MKT, Commercial, etc) to ensure a seamless way of working.


Be the face of brand merchandising with suppliers and retailers; lobbying for our brand needs to support the team and brand objectives.


Administration:
Ensure all working documents are kept up to date and prepared for the following year (WIP, CPA, etc). Share the information with the relevant stakeholders in an appropriate time frame. Manage and adapt processes to always improve efficiency for the team.

Budget:
Plan and oversee the building of the budget and ensure finance processes are maintained. Record over/under spends, flagging issues and finding savings/efficiencies where possible.


Bring an analytical view to merchandising decisions, ensuring we prioritise workload and investments on projects that will help us achieve brand business goals.


Deliver installs that uplift the brand image, ensuring sign off by the appropriate leadership teams are obtained including General manager & Brand leaders.


Team management:
Responsible for the development and management of the team. Inclusive of all communication with HR and transparency with Brand Business Leader. Monitoring progress and supporting the team with their development goals.

You are able to

  • Demonstrate entrepreneurship
  • Manage Complexity
  • Achieve results with integrity
  • Acts/Lead with human sensitivity
  • Display sensitivity to the métier
  • Interact effectively
  • Innovate
You are


Organised:
You love a list and have strong planning and organisation skills - with the ability to re-prioritise as required.


Measured:
We want to track the success of our campaigns and initiatives so projects must be able to show ROI.


Accurate:
You have the ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and meet deadlines.


Entrepreneurial. Every day, you spot opportunities to drive growth for our brand and our customers, making sure the good name of our brand is always protected.


Super creative:

Whether it be in overcoming challenges or creating artwork for your channel, creativity is our back bone, and we love new ideas.


Proactive and Open:

L'Oreal is for the pioneers, which means embracing new ideas, challenges and change with positivity and a hands on approach.


Teams are the new heroes:

There is no better feeling than being part of a successful and dynamic team, so even if you are Superman or Wonder Woman, you recognise that teams are the real heroes.

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