E-Retail Trade Marketing Executive UK & Ireland

Sisley Paris; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury beauty brand is seeking an E-Retail Executive for its London offices. The role involves supporting online retail accounts and working closely with the internal marketing and sales teams. Ideal candidates should have a strong interest in the beauty industry, along with 1 to 2 years of E-Retail or Account management experience. This full-time position is based in Central London, offering a dynamic environment with opportunities for growth and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 1 to 2 years of experience in E-Retail or Account management.
• Understanding of the retailer landscape.
• Attention to detail with ability to organise workload effectively.
• Self-starter and proactive individual.

Responsibilities

• Ensure key trading moments are executed in the activation plan.
• Compile weekly online retail stock reports to relevant stakeholders.
• Create quarterly E-retailer reviews focusing on brand audits.
• Support marketing plans for Sisley Paris and Hair Rituel by Sisley.

Skills

Strong interest in the Beauty industry

Strong computer skills

Analytical skills

Creativity

Proactive attitude

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Sisley is a luxury French beauty brand created by Hubert and Isabelle d’Ornano in 1976 and remains a family-led business. For over forty years, Sisley has been developing beauty products with innovative formulas, which combine effectiveness with sensoriality while respecting the skin’s integrity and harmony. Our Research Laboratories’ unique savoir-faire is based on a global approach to beauty. Combining the best of nature with the most advanced science, each Sisley product offers visible results as well as a pleasure to use. The company’s products are regularly awarded prestigious international prizes. Sisley-Paris offers award-winning skincare, make-up, and fragrances as well as its own haircare brand, Hair Rituel by Sisley.

Job description

For our UK & Ireland offices, based in London, we are looking to recruit an E-Retail Executive. This role reports to the E-Retail Trade Marketing Manager and has a direct impact on the growth & development of online E-retail accounts in the UK & Ireland. This role works closely with the internal marketing team & sales team and encompasses cross-functional responsibilities across the business.

You will be working closely with our E-retailers, making sure that Sisley is well represented on sites, our NPD is launched, and all marketing activations are well executed.

This is a perfect role for someone who thrives in an ever-changing environment, enjoys new challenges, and is looking to develop their skillset in beauty retail marketing & management.

Working across 4 pillars, this role provides a full immersion into the world of beauty with exciting projects with leading UK retail partners.

The perfect role for a positive thinker and action-taker!

Job responsibilities

E-retailer & pure player support

• Ensure all key trading moments are well executed within a 360-market activation plan.
• Liaise with the Global Creative team to have assets created for all agreed trade activations.
• Support the E-Retail Manager to build engaging product pages and new asset creation.
• Support the E-Retail Manager with the launch of new e-retailer openings. Work with the Global Creative team to ensure assets are made available with correct sizing and naming of the full catalogue. Ensure the complete product matrix is submitted prior to launch.
• Manage critical paths for all NPD launches.
• Submit all necessary assets and new line forms in line with new launches.
• Support the E-Retail Manager with arranging GWP and sampling send-outs.
• Support the UK marketing team in the management of Sisley Paris & Hair Rituel by Sisley’s marketing plans.
• Support the Head of Marketing with digital components of any third-party campaigns.

Brand performance – sales and stock monitoring

• Review online stock position with all online retail partners, ensuring all lines are live with no unavoidable OOS.
• Compile weekly reports of online retail stock to all relevant stakeholders to pre-empt any product availability issues.
• Monitor retailer trade & promotional activity reporting to optimise brand performance.
• Monitor daily online e-retailer and pure player sites for Sisley inclusions and ensure the brand is correctly represented.
• Work closely with the supply chain team to track sampling orders / NPD stock and ensure stock is available for future activations.

Online brand optimisation

• Ensure Sisley brand image is correctly represented across the E-retail landscape with a focus on brand categorisation, search terms, PDPs, brand page, and retailer-specific features.
• Create a quarterly E-retailer review with a focus on brand audit.
• Review asset packs provided by the Global Creative team and update online retail sites. Create an asset proposal for any PDP updates, ensuring they are provided within the necessary time frame and renamed/resized as per retailer guidelines.
• Send product samples for retailer shoots, for both core & novelty focuses. Track exposure for future reference.
• Competitor analysis on best-in-class Brand Spaces and PDPs to aid optimisation of Sisley’s presence online to improve PDP assets across the full catalogue.

Marketing

• Support the UK marketing team in the management of Sisley Paris & Hair Rituel by Sisley’s marketing plans.
• Support in executing 360 marketing plans including social media executions, asset production, and post-campaign analysis.
• Monitor and evaluate the brand and portfolio performance, trends, and competitive landscape to strengthen the strategy and identify new opportunities.
• Support the follow-up of orders/status (Sampling, beauty box) with the Stock team.
• Any other duties deemed necessary by management.

Job requirements

• Beauty experience is not required but must have a strong interest in the Beauty industry.
• 1 to 2 years of experience in E-Retail or Account management.
• Understanding of the retailer landscape.
• Strong computer skills required, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills with the ability to organise workload in the most effective manner.
• Creative and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter, proactive, and able to show initiative and take full ownership of given tasks.
• Resilient and flexible, able to handle multiple projects at one time.
• A positive, can-do attitude and team player.

Additional information

• Reporting to the UK E-Retail Trade Marketing Manager.
• Full-time role based in Central London - Fitzrovia (4 days at the office, 1 WFH).