Senior Manager Growth & Planning - Entry to Prestige

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Neuilly-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Growth & Planning Senior Manager at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. will lead regional Go-to-Market planning across Europe and Emerging markets, coordinating cross-functional alignment between marketing, demand planning, supply chain, finance and retail teams.

This role drives regional growth ambitions, channel choices, assortment strategies and KPI-driven execution across all channels. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong strategic and analytical thinking, exceptional

Qualifications

• Experience in 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 and budget planning background.
• Fluent in English; additional languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive regional GTM planning across all channels (online and offline).
• Drive commercial planning and operational alignment across demand planning, supply chain, and finance teams.
• Support IBP processes and financial planning with key regional stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget planning

Forecasting

Product marketing

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.

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
• Expertisein 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;additionallanguages a plus