Brand Director

RIM Recruitment Professionals; Toronto; On-site; CAD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RIM Recruitment Professionals is partnering with a growing beauty and personal care company to hire multiple Brand Directors for Vaughan, Ontario. These hands-on leaders will own brand strategy, go-to-market execution, and performance across Amazon and brick-and-mortar retail.

Roles require 8+ years in brand management within beauty or adjacent categories, with strong analytical and cross-functional leadership skills. On-site four days per week with one remote day; MBA preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of brand management experience in beauty, wellness, or adjacent CPG categories.
• Proven end-to-end brand ownership from strategy through launch and performance.
• Strong understanding of Amazon and brick-and-mortar retail, including online content and merchandising.
• MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the brand’s vision, positioning, messaging, and long-term growth strategy.
• Translate consumer, category, and competitive insights into clear brand priorities and growth opportunities.
• Lead innovation from concept through commercialization, partnering with Product Development, Regulatory, and Operations.
• Manage portfolio direction, including product additions, deletions, lifecycle decisions, and SKU optimization.
• Establish brand standards and ensure consistent positioning and storytelling across touchpoints.
• Define communication priorities and partner with Marketing Communications on campaigns across digital and retail channels.
• Lead launch strategy across Amazon and mass, drug, grocery, and specialty retail.
• Partner with Sales on retailer presentations, sell-in, shelf strategies, and merchandising.

Skills

Brand management

End-to-end ownership

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

MBA

Tools

Nielsen

Amazon analytics

POS systems

Job description

JOB-38858 TITLE: Brand Director LOCATION: GTA -Vaughan WORK TYPE: On-Site | Full-time, permanent | 4 days in-office, 1 day remote COMPENSATION: $160, 000-$180, 000 base salary + annual target bonus

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our client is a growing beauty and personal care company with a portfolio of established brands across haircare, personal care, and beauty-led wellness. They are hiring multiple Brand Directors to lead distinct brands within the portfolio. These opportunities are suited to hands-on brand leaders who can combine consumer insight, creative storytelling, and commercial discipline. You will own the brand end-to-end, including positioning, portfolio strategy, innovation, communication, go-to-market execution, and performance across Amazon and brick-and-mortar retail. Brand assignments span accessible clean personal care, certified organic beauty and wellness, and broader beauty and haircare. Each role offers substantial ownership and cross-functional influence in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and evolve the brand’s vision, positioning, messaging, and long-term growth strategy.
• Translate consumer, category, and competitive insights into clear brand priorities and commercially viable growth opportunities.
• Lead innovation from concept through commercialization, partnering with Product Development, Regulatory, and Operations.
• Manage portfolio direction, including product additions, deletions, lifecycle decisions, and SKU optimization.
• Establish brand standards and ensure consistent positioning and storytelling across consumer touchpoints.
• Define communication priorities and partner with Marketing Communications on integrated campaigns across digital, retail media, PR, influencer, and in-store channels.
• Lead launch strategy and execution across Amazon and mass, drug, grocery, and specialty retail.
• Partner with Sales on retailer presentations, sell-in, shelf strategies, merchandising, and growth plans.
• Manage brand performance across revenue, profitability, and investment efficiency, supporting forecasting and budget management.
• Use POS, Nielsen, Amazon analytics, and consumer research to diagnose performance, evaluate marketing and innovation ROI, and guide decisions.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration and communicate priorities, business recommendations, and results to senior stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of brand management experience within beauty, wellness, personal care, or adjacent CPG categories.
• Proven end-to-end brand ownership, from strategy and innovation through launch execution and commercial performance.
• Experience managing product innovation from consumer insight and concept development through commercialization.
• Strong understanding of Amazon and brick-and-mortar retail, including online content and conversion, retail velocity, shelf positioning, and merchandising.
• Commercial acumen, with experience managing budgets, forecasting, and decisions affecting profitability.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate consumer and sales data into actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated engagement with beauty and personal care;haircare experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong communication, presentation, people leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in an environment with competing priorities.
• MBA preferred.
• Ability to work onsite in Vaughan four days per week.
• Experience with clean, organic, natural, or ingredient-conscious products is particularly relevant to some brand assignments.

WHY THIS ROLE

Lead a brand with meaningful ownership of strategy, innovation, and commercial performance. Shape product pipelines and portfolio decisions across established retail channels and Amazon. Join a growing beauty and personal care business with multiple Brand Director opportunities. Work closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to build and scale brands.

NOTE: We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. AI may be used to support certain administrative aspects of our recruitment process. However, all applications and resumes are reviewed by qualified human reviewers, and all screening and hiring decisions are made solely by the hiring team. The posted salary range reflects expected compensation for this role in accordance with Ontario pay transparency requirements. Actual compensation will be determined based on the successful candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications and may fall anywhere within the range.