Junior Brand Manager

KAO; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and beauty company in London is seeking a Brand Development Assistant to support the Senior Brand Manager. You will manage NPD projects from initiation to launch, conduct market analysis, and contribute to the overall category strategy. Candidates should have a degree and at least one year of relevant experience, with strong analytical and communication skills. This is a great opportunity for those passionate about the luxury beauty world.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year experience in a health and beauty brand-driven business.
• At least 6 months experience in a product development role.
• Experience in a global business is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support Senior Brand Manager in managing innovation concepts to launch.
• Manage NPD projects through Kaihatsu process.
• Organise and deliver bi-annual sell-in presentations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Creativity

Project management

Education

Degree level education or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

The role: To support the Senior Brand Manager/ Brand Manager in managing their sub-category from innovation concept to launch, incl. campaigns and activation through NPD led events.

What you will do

• Supporting the Senior Brand Manager / Brand Manager generating actionable insights to help with formalisation of the overarching Category strategy for their assigned projects/sub-category, with a specific focus on consumer needs and market insights. Presenting analysis & recommendations to Senior Leadership team.
• Manage NPD projects from initiation to product concepts through to launch through Kaihatsu process. Responsibility includes delivery of on-time briefs with a clear business case with consumer benefit & commercial viability in mind. Working multi-functionally with Project management, Finance, Sourcing, creative and Pack Design teams. Continuously review project assortment & product performance to ensure we stay ahead of competition and relevant to market needs.
• Accountable for the organisation and delivery of bi-annual sell-in presentations working collaboratively with other Junior Brand Managers and the rest of Brand & Product development team
• Responsible for briefing global campaigns to Creative team and feeding into the creative conception through to asset creation ensuring the delivery is on Brand, taps into consumer insight and lands the key campaign objectives. Supporting the shoot organisation with sample ordering and any other support needed by Creative team. Driving the delivery of a global toolkit and reviewing activation plans across all touch points and channels to ensure consistency.
• Post Project/Campaign Analysis; Initiating and consolidating the analysis across functions and channels to understand the global campaign performance to turn into actions for future projects/ campaigns.
• Adhoc; time to time support on sample ordering, supporting market requests, raising POs, attending Insights studies, and administrative tasks to maintain ESG claims.

What you will need

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Minimum one year experience preferably within a health and beauty, brand - driven business
• A minimum of 6 months spent in a head office product development role
• Experience in a global business is advantageous
• Demonstrable consumer focus and ability to turn insight into actionable projects
• Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills. Microsoft office competence is essential
• Highly creative
• Comfortable with a high level of initiative and a clear focus on delivering results
• Demonstrable strong affinity with the Molton Brown brand and the luxury beauty world
• Flexible, adaptable and organised.
• Thrives on fast paced multi-channel retailing