At a Glance
- Tasks: Join the Global Merchandising team to elevate in-store brand experiences and support innovative marketing strategies.
- Company: Coty Consumer Beauty, home to iconic brands like Rimmel London and Max Factor.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience, mentorship, and autonomy in a fast-paced environment.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on how beauty brands are presented globally while learning from industry experts.
- Qualifications: Relevant degree in marketing/business and a passion for beauty and retail.
The predicted salary is between 28350 - 34650 £ per year.
We’re looking for an intern to join the Global Merchandising team, in the Coty Consumer Beauty Division – working on brands such as Rimmel London, Max Factor & Bourjois. The internship will help you acquire skills in visual merchandising, trade marketing and retail excellence. You will gain broad and relevant experience, in an exciting role, that should prepare you for any fast-paced work environment.
This role will provide valuable experience, on-the-job learning, mentorship & autonomy to deliver work that will make an impact on how our incredible brands appear in stores around the world.
The Role
- Go-To-Market: Champion retail & merchandising excellence to elevate in-store brand experience, globally. Develop in-store activation toolkits, to support best in class market execution. Build in strategic insights, to ensure creative is optimised for the store channel. Translate brand visual identity into instore guidelines for markets to execute with excellence. Be a brand guardian to ensure consistent ‘on-brand’ execution around the world.
- Competitive Insights: Work in close collaboration with markets to assess market competitive landscape for cosmetics & personal care around the world (portfolio gap, pricing & business model). Conduct monthly store visits, and report back to the team, to stay up to date with market activity.
- Future Store: Support Global Merchandising Manager to accelerate the ‘future store’ strategy, with an omni-channel lens.
- Team support: Tracking & raising POs, uploading assets to global systems, management of samples to agencies.
What you will bring
- Marketing/ business or other relevant degree course is essential.
- Passion for beauty, retail & obsession with shopper behaviour.
- Commercial & strategic mind-set; Visual Merchandising is so much more than just a pretty picture.
- Natural creative eye, and appreciation of aesthetics, with a basic understanding of design principles.
- Logical thinker, with excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
- High levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to take direction & work effectively to deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Infectious team spirit, POSITIVE attitude, and hunger to learn.
- Sound knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Previous marketing experience or design agency experience is a bonus.
Competencies:
- Team Player: Ability to develop effective working relationships being able to collaborate and influence others demonstrating integrity and respect.
- Excellence in execution: Reliable, gets things done on time & takes responsibility for final executions.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Proven ability to develop creative solutions thinking analytically and conceptually. Solution provider and problem solver.
- Self-starter: Passionate, enthusiastic, thrives on challenges and keeps a healthy attitude under pressure, takes charge of self-development.
- Collaborative approach: Collaborates easily with others and adapts to different working styles.
- Organised: Able to organise own work, multitasker.
What we bring
Global Merchandising. Our team is passionate about retail excellence & shopper experience for Coty Consumer Beauty brands, across the world. We are the crucial link between Global Brand teams, and markets to help dreams become a reality. We take pride in bringing incredible innovation to life, through robust Go-to-Market strategies. We create strategic toolkits featuring disruptive designs, rooted in shopper insights, to support markets with game-changing local executions. We keep our finger on the pulse, and we adapt to changes in shopper behaviour. We are excited by the changing nature of retail. We challenge the status quo daily and merge the lines between digital & physical retail experience. Retail is evolving, and we’re excited to lead the change in Beauty Merchandising globally.
Global Merchandising Coordinator employer: Coty
Coty is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture, offering employees the chance to thrive in a collaborative environment. With a focus on professional growth, team members benefit from ongoing development opportunities and the chance to work closely with major retailers in the vibrant Wimbledon area. The hybrid work model promotes a healthy work-life balance, making Coty an attractive choice for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in the FMCG sector.
