Product Marketing Executive (12 Month Fixed-Term Contract, Travel Retail)

• We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, passionate and driven Global Travel Retail (GTR) Product Marketing Executive to join us on a 12 month FTC. You will play a central role in adapting global product and category priorities into robust marketing plans for GTR
• The focus will be in supporting the Marketing team to drive the product marketing strategy from category management to shaping product priorities to accelerate sell in and sell out in GTR as well as building strong product expertise and help translate product and category insights into compelling GTR plans
• Report every month competitor review for Product, activations and TREX ensuring the Marketing team has a full overview of the market activity and trend
• Maintain product marketing calendar up to date with OCD and key product information
• Report every month sell out category and product analysis, including new product launch
• Support on NPD forecast with market and product insights, considering seasonality and distribution evolution
• Coordinate the in-and-out strategy for launches, discontinuations and range transitions, working with cross-functional teams to ensure visibility across the full GTR team
• Build strong product and category knowledge across NPD and Core, using this expertise to support GTR category strategy, assortment priorities, launch phasing and retailer plans
• Manage retailer allocation for every NPD launch, ensuring to track performance on a weekly basis
• Partner with the Trade Marketing team to shape retailer and channel plans that bring the product strategy to life and drive the agreed category ambition
• Support the development of travel-exclusive sets, contributing to range proposals, commercial rationale, volume forecasts, launch timing and retailer allocation plans
• Liaise with Global and Education to share product insights, claims and performance learnings
• Support the development of NPD strategy presentations for retailer meetings
• Support the team in forecasting and managing TOA & sampling plans across launches and core priorities, aligning quantities, timings and retailer allocations with campaign objectives, and budgets
• Help monitor NPD, Core and travel-exclusive performance across sell-in, sell-out, stock and forecast accuracy, turning data into clear actions and recommendations
• Support the team on the demand plan, challenge inputs, track forecast accuracy and identify risks, opportunities and rephasing needs
• You will report into the Senior Marketing Manager, Global Travel Retail
• You will work closely with GTR Marketing, Commercial, VM and Education teams as well as Global Marketing

Benefits

• Generous staff discount
• Generous product gifting
• Other fabulous benefits such as life assurance, birthdays off work and pension contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Dog friendly office on Monday and Fridays
• Access to Tilbury Treats - discounts on everything from gym memberships to cinema tickets
• Hybrid, flexible working

You have experience building or managing forecasts, demand plans, allocations or assortment plansYou are an excellent communicator and collaborative team player, confident turning product and commercial insights into clear presentations and influencing cross-functional partnersYou are highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple launches, deadlines and data inputs accuratelyYou can interpret sales and forecast data and turn it into clear actions and marketing recommendationsYou have relevant experience in product, category, commercial planning or trade marketing; experience in Beauty, Retail or Travel Retail would be an advantageYou are proactive and results-focused, can prioritise effectively and are comfortable adapting in a fast-paced environmentYou have strong numerical and analytical skills and are confident using Excel to manage detailed data