Product Manager - Clinique

The Estée Lauder Companies; København; Hybrid; DKK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Health insurance benefits

Pension package

Vacation: 25 days + 37 hours paid

Staff discounts

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies is seeking a Nordic Product Manager for Clinique to own the Nordic product portfolio across forecasting, pricing, performance analysis, and stock management. You will translate data into actionable insights and ensure the right products are in the right place at the right price.

You will collaborate with Consumer Marketing, Trade Marketing, Visual Merchandising and Key Account Managers to drive growth opportunities, pricing strategies, and go-to-market plans across the

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of relevant experience from a similar role.
• Strong analytical capabilities with advanced Excel skills, and the ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and complex tasks in a structured and detail-oriented way.
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders in a matrix organisation.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in one or more Nordic languages is an advantage.
• Experience within skincare, derm-cosmetics, prestige beauty, or a similarly product-driven consumer category is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own the Nordic Clinique product portfolio across channels and retailers, ensuring the right assortment, pricing, and local relevance.
• Responsible for forecasting, partnering closely with Demand Planning to ensure accuracy across ongoing business and new product launches.
• Lead assortment and competitive analyses to optimize portfolio performance and identify growth opportunities.
• Act as the Nordic voice towards Global and Regional teams, translating local market needs into relevant product adaptations.
• Build strong local product offerings and differentiation initiatives in collaboration with Trade Marketing and Consumer Marketing.
• Support Consumer Marketing in go-to-market and launch planning, adapting global strategies to local execution.
• Own pricing, including recommended retail prices, competitor monitoring, and price adjustments in line with global guidelines.
• Drive product-related sales drivers and forecasting inputs, identifying net sales opportunities and mitigating risks.
• Ensure accurate product data and portfolio changes, supporting smooth launches, discontinuations, and operational planning.
• Work cross-functionally with Commercial, Supply Chain, and Visual Merchandising to optimize sell-through, stock levels, and in-store execution

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical mindset

Forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Nordic languages (advantage)

Job description

The Estée Lauder Companies is looking for a Nordic Product Manager for Clinique

Are you passionate about forecasting and product marketing? Do you have strong Excel skills, an analytical mindset, and a genuine interest in skincare and derm-cosmetics? Then you might be our next Nordic Product Manager for Clinique.

The Estée Lauder Companies at a glance

The Estée Lauder Companies is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, MAC, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD BEAUTY, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr. Jart+, and the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD.

About the Role

The Product Manager plays a central role in the business, owning the end-to-end management of the product portfolio across forecasting, pricing, performance analysis, and stock management. You have a deep understanding of every product in the assortment, from consumer benefit to commercial performance, and act as the go-to product expert for internal stakeholders. In this role, you translate data into clear insights and decisions, ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right price. You bring a structured, detail-oriented approach and are highly comfortable working with data, using Excel as a key tool to analyze performance, identify opportunities, and support informed decision-making.

The Product Manager is part of the Nordic Clinique marketing team, working closely with Consumer Marketing, Trade Marketing, Visual Merchandising, and our Key Account Managers. In this role, you will own the Clinique product portfolio across the Nordic markets and will report directly to the Consumer Marketing Manager for Clinique.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Own the Nordic Clinique product portfolio across channels and retailers, ensuring the right assortment, pricing, and local relevance
• Responsible for forecasting, partnering closely with Demand Planning to ensure accuracy across ongoing business and new product launches
• Lead assortment and competitive analyses to optimize portfolio performance and identify growth opportunities
• Act as the Nordic voice towards Global and Regional teams, translating local market needs into relevant product adaptations
• Build strong local product offerings and differentiation initiatives (e.g. sets, GWPs, exclusives) in collaboration with Trade Marketing and Consumer Marketing.
• Support Consumer Marketing in go-to-market and launch planning, adapting global strategies to local execution.
• Own pricing, including recommended retail prices, competitor monitoring, and price adjustments in line with global guidelines
• Drive product-related sales drivers and forecasting inputs, identifying net sales opportunities and mitigating risks
• Ensure accurate product data and portfolio changes, supporting smooth launches, discontinuations, and operational planning
• Work cross-functionally with Commercial, Supply Chain, and Visual Merchandising to optimize sell-through, stock levels, and in-store execution

Your Qualifications

• 3–7 years of relevant experience from a similar role
• Strong analytical capabilities with advanced Excel skills, and the ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and complex tasks in a structured and detail-oriented way
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders in a matrix organisation
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Proficiency in one or more Nordic languages is an advantage
• Experience within skincare, derm-cosmetics, prestige beauty, or a similarly product-driven consumer category is an advantage

Your Personality

• You are proactive and self-driven, comfortable taking ownership and working independently
• You are structured and reliable, with a solid ability to follow up and follow through
• You bring a positive, solution-oriented mindset, even when navigating complexity
• You have a genuine interest in skincare, derm-cosmetics, consumer needs, and emerging category trends
• You enjoy collaborating and building strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

What We Offer

• You will become part of a dynamic and passionate Brand Team based in our Nordic head office In Carlsberg Byen. We offer an exciting opportunity to join a global company with a strong heritage within an innovative and growing industry, including:
• Competitive Compensation Package: Attractive salary and health insurance benefits
• Hybrid Working Model: Option to work from home according to Policy
• Comprehensive Pension Package
• Vacation: 25 Days of Vacation and extra 37 hours paid leave a year (equivalent to five (5) days’ holiday)
• Vibrant Office Culture: Regular social events and activities
• Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives: Access to social networks and Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Staff Discounts on Products

Who We Are

We are the global leader in prestige beauty - delighting consumers with transformative products and experiences, inspiring them to express their individual beauty. In fact, we are the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skin care, fragrance and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25+ brands sold in approximately 150 countries and territories. Infused throughout our organization is a passion for creativity and innovation - a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected - as we continue the bold work of our founder Estée Lauder.

Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in the core of what we do

The Estée Lauder Companies is an equal opportunities employer. As part of our Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, we provide local development training such as identifying unconscious bias in workplace settings and how to counteract them through annual sessions in the Nordics.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.