Assistant Brand Manager (Skincare)

LUXASIA is the leading beauty omnichannel distribution platform of Asia Pacific that has successfully enabled brand growth for more than 100 luxury beauty brands. Our integrated brand-building capabilities include luxury retail, online commerce, consumer marketing, and supply chain management. Since 1986, the company has partnered the world’s finest brands, such as Aveda, Bvlgari, Calvin Klein, Diptyque, Hermes, La Prairie, Montblanc, and SK-II. We have also established Joint Ventures with the likes of LVMH Group, Elizabeth Arden, Puig, Yves Rocher, and By Terry. At the core of our business is a diverse and dynamic #OneTeam of 2000 talents that shape the face of luxury beauty, and delights consumers daily across our growing footprint of 15 markets.

Why Join Us?

At LUXASIA, we believe there is beauty within every talent – that is you.

We grow you by building your competencies and unleashing your potential. We have curated a vast portfolio of over 100 luxury brands across Asia Pacific, and growing. Your work will enrich the lives of millions of consumers across the region. With us, you get to be an entrepreneur, running the business like it is your very own. We give you the autonomy but not without guidance and genuine care. We are a diverse and inclusive team that is courageously innovative. Together as #OneTeam, we celebrate differences, embrace change, explore new ideas, take risks, fail fast, and drive results. While challenges at work are inevitable, the journey promises to be fulfilling.

With LUXASIA, an exciting career filled with robust professional growth awaits you. Isn’t that beautiful?

Position Purpose:

Reporting to Senior Brand Manager, this role will be responsible for brand building and P&L budgets.

Be fully responsible for driving sales & marketing planning and all communications, activations of the brands to build brand awareness in Taiwan. To succeed in this role, the successful candidate has to be a sales & marketing professional with a strong understanding of consumer marketing in the channel, communications and media landscape across Taiwan, with a high sensitivity to beauty.

Key Responsibilities:

Marketing Creativity

• Actively plan and implement creative marketing ideas and calendars to build the market share and awareness of brands & ensure marketing plans are executed in line with brand expected standards.
• Constantly enhance brand representation and visual display in the stores, ensuring that the in-store merchandising reflects the image and spirit of the respective brands.
• Establish strong relationships with the brand partners, departmental stores and trade partners, and ensure that operational requirements are effectively attended to.
• Formulate effective advertising and public relations strategies to optimize the exposure of brands in the most cost-effective way and ensure they are executed in line with desired standards and direction.
• Develop local media and creative campaigns for the brands.
• Establish and maintain good rapport with appointed advertising agencies, media owners, suppliers.
• Ensure that production such as point-of-sale materials, packaging, and brand stationery are produced in line with established image and standards.

Sales & Operations (Collaborate with Retail Team)

• Ensure that committed departmental store targets and overall sales targets are achieved.
• Negotiate with store owners for good animation areas and promotional programs.
• Ensure that marketing programs are effectively communicated to the sales team and the necessary logistics are well managed.
• Meet with the sales team regularly to monitor their sales achievement and motivational level.
• Motivate the distribution channels through exciting joint programs, incentives, sales ideas, etc. to ensure that we are accorded preferred status.
• Forecast sufficient selling stocks, testers, POS materials and samples for each promotion.
• Review average sales of the brand and plan purchases accordingly. Slow-moving merchandise should be kept to the absolute minimum.
• Ensure stock holding is maintained at the correct level to maximize sales and ensure that merchandise is distributed effectively to meet sales demand.
• Take quick action on slow moving or dead stock. Stockholding should be kept to 60 days.

Sales, Finance, P&L, Management Reporting

• Provide Country Manager / Senior Brand Manager with timely, accurate and regular business progress reports.
• Provide updated and accurate information of general market trends and competitors’ activities for decision making and business development.
• Able to react to change productively and handle other essential tasks as assigned.

Others

• To be the service key trade accounts on designated trade partners. Ensure that overall store efficiency in terms of returns per square foot are kept through brand and corporate promotions.

Requirements:

Minimum Degree in Business Management, Marketing or relevant specialization with at least 3 years of end-to-end sales & brand management experience

Prior experience in skincare brand management an added advantage

Strong negotiation, communication, presentation and analytical skills including some inclination towards financial representation.

Superior conceptual and organizational skills

Ability to motivate the employees to ensure optimum output and quality work.

Strong market sense (local and international) and insight in grasping key issues affecting the Company

A corporate entrepreneur with a strong desire to build a successful business

Possess excellent business development skills to continuously assess business opportunities, review market and business information and deliver updates internally and externally.

Proficient English both spoken and written.

Do you have what it takes to succeed in a fast-paced and intense environment? Do you thrive on challenges? Do you want to bring innovative ideas to life? Are you keen to abandon the status quo, try new things, embrace failures as lessons, recover fast, yet always pursue excellence?

If so, you are the one we are looking for. JOIN US and let’s grow together.

To explore other careers opportunities, visit our careers page @ https://www.luxasia.com/careers/

If you have a question for us, please drop us an email here.

We regret to inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you.

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Note to Staffing Agencies

Please DO NOT contact LUXASIA’s employees or Talent & Excitement (T&E) team in an attempt to present candidates for our roles. LUXASIA has our own panel of appointed agencies that we work with. Any agency who is interested to work with us must obtain prior written approval from LUXASIA’s T&E team before you submit candidates’ resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. LUXASIA will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Thank you for your understanding.

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Last updated on Mar 11, 2024