Assistant Product Manager - Skincare

The role involves assisting the Senior Product Manager (SPM) for the Skincare and Body category, coordinating and implementing skincare brand-related activities, POS and kits. Responsibilities include managing the Clarins Skincare range alongside the SPM, including forecasting, POS, and acting as the key point of contact for the range. Day-to-day admin tasks within the category include presentation documents, pricing, and general support.

What you’ll do:

• Conduct regular competitive reviews and reporting, including store visits to maintain a strong overview of market activity.
• 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.
• Oversee copy for new product launches, including CRM, PDPs and product information sheets.
• Own forecasting and management of annual gift sets, including local production.
• Oversee the pricing process, including competitive analysis and bi-annual pricing communications for the category.
• Manage discontinuation lists for skincare and body care, including phase-in and phase-out products.
• Own printed materials (e.g. skincare and body planners), including updates and stock management.
• Create PowerPoint presentations as required (e.g. strategy meetings, global visits, company meetings, forecasts, S&OP).
• Manage all product and POS code requests.
• Handle category trade requests (e.g. NLFs) and manage Boots line list processes for skincare.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, external partners and retail contacts.
• Work closely with the VM team to ensure seamless in-store execution.
• Support the SPM with forecasting for new product launches.
• Provide general administrative support to the Senior Product Manager.
• Provide ad hoc NPD and Circana analysis.

You are:

• Commercially focused with a creative approach and an eye for design.
• Able to build high quality and profitable relationships.
• A confident communicator - both verbal and written.
• A flexible team player with the ability to multi-task and work under pressure to fixed deadlines.
• Capable of using initiative and adapting to various situations.

You have:

• 2 years+ Marketing experience, ideally from the luxury cosmetics sector.
• A good understanding of current trends and landscape within the UK beauty industry.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent attention to detail.

We have:

• Over 70 years of expertise in beauty and spa, with the Clarins and myBlend brands.
• Unique products and innovative services.
• A commitment to Social & Environmental Responsibility embedded in our raison d’être.
• A caring and inclusive corporate culture.
• Development and training opportunities.
• Attractive compensation and benefits.
• A flexible work environment, with up to 2 days of remote working per week.

Equal opportunity employer: We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are a member of the ILO (International Labor Organization) and the Employers Network for Equity and Inclusion (ENEI).