CDI - Category Manager Senior Fragrance (F/H/X)

Sephora; Paris; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

An established industry player seeks a Senior Category Manager for Fragrance to lead brand strategy and development. In this role, you'll analyze market trends, manage a diverse brand portfolio, and collaborate with global teams to optimize offerings. You'll enjoy a vibrant culture and a commitment to personal growth within a community of passionate professionals. This position promises an exciting opportunity to unleash your creativity and drive impactful projects in the beauty retail space. If you're ready to make a difference and thrive in a dynamic environment, this role is for you!

Prestations

Training and Development

Talented Leadership

Personalized Career Plans

Community of Passionate Team Members

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience in retail or digital marketing.
• Fluent in English with an international profile.

Responsabilités

• Drive brand portfolio strategy and revenue targets.
• Manage cross-functional projects to enhance category visibility.

Connaissances

Organizational Leadership

Analytical Skills

Proactivity

Negotiation Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Formation

University / Business School Education

Outils

Excel

PowerPoint

Description du poste

Permanent contract - Senior Category Manager Fragrance (M/F/X)

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose and values.

The position is based in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

You will excel and enjoy this position if you are ready to actively handle the following missions :

The Senior Category Manager is responsible for the acceleration strategy and development of its brand portfolio, implementing the appropriate on- and off-line offering and driving its activation within the EME region in order to achieve revenue targets.

STRATEGY

• Analyze the market, track trends, and set Sephora's priorities to drive customers to the brand and create differentiation
• Interact with the Global Offer teams to participate in the international strategy and co-construct the category differentiation strategy
• Manage the brand portfolio by maximizing sales, while ensuring profitability and good inventory management with the right mix of brands and products.
• Be responsible for effectively communicating the strategy to the 21 markets, have the ability to convince and simplify, as well as monitor the successful execution of the brand portfolio
• Be the best partner for the 20 countries in the strategy implementation

OFFER AND MERCHANDISING

• Develop brands and ensure their successful expression on and off-line through "only at Sephora" concepts and plans.
• Seek out new brands to nurture Sephora's image as a category destination
• To be the driving force behind new concepts to enhance the offer and optimise all business levers (KCP, services, sets ect)

CATEGORY MANAGEMENT/OPTIMIZATION

• Assortment improvement and optimization
• Monthly budget tracking of all brands in the portfolio
• Recommendation for discontinuation and end-of-life follow-up
• Distribution recommendations to increase productivity and track changes
• Participation in the pricing & discount strategy in coordination with the RGM
• Management of new product forecasts at the regional level

CROSS-CUTTING PROJECTS

• Reporting directly to the Brand Director Fragrance Europe, the senior category manager will also have to demonstrate agility in the management of cross-functional projects aimed at maximizing the visibility and performance of the category, particularly on intra-category projects and also global projects for the Offer on the extra-category part.
• You will work in close collaboration with the Supply Chain, marketing, BPM, legal teams, while ensuring and defending your interests and issues related to your category and your brands.

Do not hesitate to apply if you have… or if you are …

• 4 to 7 years of experience in retail or digital marketing and knows the world of the category well
• University / business school education.
• International profile (fluent English required).
• Key skills: organizational leadership and rigor, proactivity, action-oriented and able to manage several subjects at once, analytical and comfortable with numbers, good command of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Qualities appreciated: passion, excellent interpersonal skills, team spirit, initiative, curiosity and autonomy, negotiation skills.

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy…

• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
• The learning . We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
• The culture . As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. At Sephora we are a community of 52,000 passionate team members across 34 markets and 3,000+ stores.

You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart.