Senior Manager Growth & Planning - Entry to Prestige

Estée Lauder Companies; Neuilly-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Growth & Planning Senior Manager will lead regional go-to-market planning for Europe & Emerging markets, aligning priorities across marketing, demand planning, supply chain, finance and retail to drive growth and operational excellence.

You will shape regional calendars, assortment strategies, and channel choices while coordinating monthly IBP content and cross-functional reviews to ensure cohesive execution across online and offline channels.

Qualifications

• Experience in the luxury cosmetics or beauty industry.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking with a broad view of the business, market, and consumer landscape.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to build strong cross-functional relationships.
• Expertise in multi-market and international marketing environments.
• Commercial experience.
• Experience in budget planning, forecasting, and performance analysis.
• Experience in product marketing and/or online management.
• Results-driven with a bias for action and excellence in execution.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with creative and innovative problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Drive Regional GTM Planning across all channels (online and offline).
• Coordinate commercial planning and operational alignment between marketing, demand planning, supply chain, finance and retail teams.
• Support IBP process and financial planning with regional stakeholders.

Job description

Description

The Growth & Planning Senior Manager supports regional Go-to-Market planning based on Europe & Emerging Calendar, priorities & initiatives, and ensures operational excellence across the region, coordinating commercial planning, assortment strategy, and cross-functional alignment between marketing, demand planning, supply chain, finance and retail teams.

Drive Regional GTM Planning across all channels (online and offline)

• Support the Brand VP / GM (and the Growth & Planning Director when relevant) in defining regional growth ambitions and plans, Go-to-Market and channel choices (innovation side by side and building blocks)
• Support the definition of regional marketing calendar priorities based on Global strategy and regional growth plans (including online priorities)
• Define assortment choices and differentiation strategies across channels to maximize commercial opportunities

Drive Commercial Planning and Operational Alignment

• Ensure demand planning (DP) sufficiency and robustness, providing strategic market insights to the Demand Planning team
• Support with RS/SP/LE reconciliation
• Review and challenge affiliate New Product Launch (NPL) forecasts for key “5-star” programs to ensure realistic and impactful plans
• Collaborate with Supply Chain on stock arbitration to balance supply constraints and market priorities
• Coordinate visual merchandising (VM) decisions with the RDDC team to ensure consistent and impactful retail execution.
• Ensure operational alignment across brands, demand planning, and supply chain teams

Support IBP process and financial planning

• Prepare content for monthly IBP with Brand VP / GM (and the Growth & Planning Director when relevant) including selection of key topics at hand
• Coordinate IBP process with regional stakeholders (Finance, Supply Chain)

Experience

• Experience in the luxury cosmetics or beauty industry
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking with a broad view of the business, market, and consumer landscape
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to build strong cross-functional relationships
• Expertise in multi-market and international marketing environments
• Commercial experience
• Experience in budget planning, forecasting, and performance analysis
• Experience in product marketing and/or online management
• Results-driven with a bias for action and excellence in execution
• Entrepreneurial mindset with creative and innovative problem-solving abilities
• Fluent in English; additional languages a plus