At a Glance
- Tasks: Support category strategy and drive sales through analytics and collaboration.
- Company: Join a global brand focused on growth and diversity in the workplace.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, 25 days holiday, birthday off, and inclusive parental leave.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the beauty industry while developing your analytical skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in marketing with strong analytical and collaboration skills.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
Overview
In this Category Analyst role within Europe Marketing, you support the Category Manager to drive Skin & Fragrance performance through analytics, forecasting, and cross-functional coordination.
You will build category plans, monitor performance, and identify growth opportunities across markets.
The role emphasizes end-to-end launch support, demand planning, and portfolio optimization to boost sales and market share.
You’ll work closely with marketing, commercial, and supply teams in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
This position offers exposure to a global, growth-driven brand committed to empowering customers and fostering a diverse, dynamic workplace.
- Pay / Benefits
- hybrid work model
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- birthday day off
- inclusive parental leave
- pension and life assurance
- Medicash and Employee Assist Programs
Responsibilities
- Support execution of category strategy to drive sales, market share, and portfolio growth
- Assist in building category plans, innovation support, and portfolio updates
- Own category performance tracking and reporting with insights on sales and product productivity
- Analyze portfolio performance to highlight underperforming and high-potential SKUs and support optimization
- Track NPD performance, including launch metrics and post-launch evaluation
- Support end-to-end launch management and cross-market execution
- Coordinate forecasting activities, including NPD volumes and demand planning inputs
- Manage operational product elements (sampling, PPUs coordination) for forecasting and deployment
- Forecast management for TOAs and regional adaptation/development
- Collaborate with supply chain to ensure availability and minimize stock risk
- Conduct competitor and market analysis to identify growth opportunities
- Support pricing, positioning, and lifecycle management tracking
- Ensure accuracy and quality of category reporting with NPD tracking and post-launch analysis
- Key requirements
- Some experience in Marketing, ideally beauty, fashion, luxury or retail
- Strong analytical and commercial experience, with background in product/category/brand
- Data-led but creatively aware, balancing performance and brand
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and cross-functional relationship-building
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritize ruthlessly, and influence up in an agile setting
- Flexible, professional, eager to learn and embrace challenge
- Exceptional organizational and prioritizing skills with attention to detail and results orientation
- collaboration
- adaptability
- effective communication
- category analytics
- forecasting
- NPD tracking
Category Analyst - EU in London employer: Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is an exceptional employer that champions creativity and innovation in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. With a strong commitment to employee growth, the company offers flexible working arrangements, generous holiday allowances, and a supportive culture that values diversity and inclusion. Employees enjoy unique perks such as a dog-friendly workplace, wellness benefits, and a significant product discount, making it a truly rewarding place to build a career in the beauty industry.
