Category Analyst - EU

Islestarr Holdings Ltd.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

25 days holiday

Dog-friendly days

Employee discount

Job summary

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is seeking a Category Analyst to join the Europe Marketing team. You will own analytics, forecasting, and cross-functional coordination for the Skin & Fragrance portfolio, supporting category strategy and portfolio updates across markets.

You will collaborate with the EU Marketing team and other functions, bringing data-led insights to drive sales, market share growth, and product productivity while coordinating NPD performance and launch management.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and commercial experience, with experience in product or category or brand.
• Data-led but creatively aware, balancing performance and brand.
• Experience within marketing, ideally beauty, fashion, luxury or retail.

Responsibilities

• Own category analytics, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Support portfolio updates, pricing, positioning, and lifecycle tracking.
• Assist in category plans, launches, and post-launch evaluation across markets.

Skills

Analytics

Forecasting

Cross-functional

Marketing experience

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, passionate, and driven Category Analyst to join the Europe Marketing team! In this newly created role, you will support the Category Manager in driving performance and operational excellence of the Skin & Fragrance portfolio, with strong ownership of analytics, forecasting, and cross-functional coordination.

• Support execution of category strategy to deliver sales, market share, and portfolio growth.
• Assist in building category plans, innovation support, and portfolio updates.
• Own category performance tracking and reporting, providing regular insights on sales, market share, and product productivity.
• Analyse overall portfolio performance, highlighting underperforming and high-potential SKUs and supporting optimisation decisions.
• Track NPD performance, including launch metrics, sell-through, and post-launch evaluation.
• Support end-to-end launch management and ensure strong execution across markets.
• Support and coordinate forecasting activities, including NPD volumes and ongoing demand planning inputs.
• Manage key operational product elements across the category, including: Sampling (volume planning, allocation, usage tracking), Post-production units (PPUs) coordination with functional stakeholders for forecasting and deployment.
• Tokens of appreciation (TOAs): forecast management and support for regional adaptation/development.
• Partner with supply chain teams to support availability and minimise risk of stock issues.
• Conduct competitor and market analysis to identify growth opportunities.
• Support pricing, positioning, and lifecycle management tracking.
• Accuracy and quality of category and portfolio reporting with NPD tracking and post-launch analysis effectiveness.

Who you will work with

• You will report directly into our Head of Marketing, EU.
• You will work closely alongside the EU Marketing team, Commercial, PR, Global, as well as cross functionally with the wider EU Function.
• You have some experience within Marketing, ideally within beauty, fashion, luxury or retail.
• You have strong analytical and commercial experience, with experience in product or category or brand.
• Data-led but creatively aware - understanding the balance between performance and brand.
• You are a strong collaborator and work well in a fast paced environment; you can pivot with ease, bringing a positive attitude!
• An excellent communicator, you can effectively articulate your point of view and know how to build strong cross functional relationships.
• You work well under pressure, you can ruthlessly prioritise and know how to influence up and work in an agile environment.
• Have a flexible and professional attitude, you are hungry to learn and welcome challenge!
• Have exceptional organisational and prioritising skills, with great attention to detail and is results-driven.

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace. Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech - all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions. Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements, our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated. At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We're a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your fury friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!