Product Manager

Chantecaille’s mission is to create luxurious botanical beauty with impact. For the past 25 years, the brand has been at the cutting-edge of some of the industry’s most exciting innovations in skincare and cosmetics, creating iconic products that are beloved worldwide. Founded by the mother-daughter team of Sylvie and Olivia Chantecaille in 1998, the brand is known around the world for its pioneering use of naturals in both skincare and makeup, as well as its give-back philanthropy program that supports conservation groups worldwide. Always cruelty-free, the products crafted by Chantecaille are the epitome of forward-thinking and created with a sustainable approach.

Position Overview

As the new member of Beiersdorf Group, a global leader in skincare with core brands such as La Prairie and NIVEA, Chantecaille is now poised for significant growth in the UK.

Reporting to the Marketing Director, the Product Manager will have an end-to-end scope and will be responsible for leading product marketing management and 360-degree consumer communication.

The successful candidate will be part of developing brand strategy and an annual brand marketing plan for the UK market. They will also identify market and consumer insights to drive brand awareness, grow pillar products, and animate the core catalogue through 360 marketing campaigns. The Product Manager will play a key role in executing brand projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring timely delivery with executional excellence.

Position Responsibilities

Brand Management:

• Assist in developing the annual brand marketing plan for the UK market, including campaign objectives and product strategy.
• Identify market and consumer insights to drive brand awareness and achieve business goals by implementing 360 marketing campaigns for pillar products and core catalogue.
• Initiate and implement brand projects, such as assortment planning, launch toolkits, competitive deep dives, and digital/social/PR/merchandising initiatives, ensuring on-time delivery and executional excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Retail, Sales and Supply Chain, to manage internal processes and deliver projects on time.
• Manage relationships with agencies and third-party vendors, ensuring effective collaboration and timely project delivery.
• Demonstrate creativity, initiative, and curiosity in driving innovative marketing strategies and initiatives.
• Utilize strong analytical skills to support data-driven decision making and measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

Operational Marketing:

• Communicate effectively across all functions within the organization to foster collaboration and achieve business objectives.
• Lead the development of POS materials for key launches
• Manage and update the marketing budget on a monthly basis, including raising POs and maintaining the PO and invoicing tracker
• Support the Marketing Director forecasting and management of samples, gift sets, GWPs and adhoc retail tools.
• Own locally printed materials (e.g. CRM tools, signage & traffic driving tools), including updates and stock management
• Manage and plan UK stock requirements for marketing initiatives (sampling tools, GWPs, POSM) with the demand planning team.
• Work closely with the VM team to ensure seamless in-store execution
• Work with the creative team on relevant artwork briefing projects & be responsible for approving artwork for the brand ahead of license/global brand approvals.
• Plan and monitor the A&P spend on the brand(s) to maximise brand profitability & effectiveness marketing campaigns.
• Create PowerPoint presentations as required (e.g. strategy meetings, global visits, company meetings, forecasts)

Brand Eventing

• Support retail eventing across B&M, ensuring every touchpoint feels beautifully crafted, relevant and effective
• Partner closely with brand & retail teams to bring launch specific events to life, creating a UK eventing calendar aligned to retail priorities
• Monitor and analyse results and share insights that inspire continuous improvement and innovation. Collaborate cross-functionally to identify opportunities that drive new customer acquisition
• Provide reporting of eventing performance highlighting opportunities for local inititive & improvements

Position Qualifications

• Extensive experience in brand marketing or product marketing perspective. Experience in the beauty industry is advantageous
• Strong product expertise and ability to gain deep market and consumer insights.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Experience in managing agencies and third-party vendors to deliver high-quality marketing projects.
• Demonstrated creativity, curiosity, and the ability to take initiative in driving marketing initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills to support data-driven decision making and measure campaign effectiveness.