Brand Manager - Multi-Brand Beauty - Jeddah, KSA

Chalhoub Group; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury retailer is seeking a Regional Brand Manager in Jeddah. This role will be responsible for delivering targets across a multi-brand beauty portfolio within Saudi Arabia. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 4 years in brand management, strong negotiation skills, and experience in managing key relationships. This position provides a competitive benefits package, including health care and flexible working policies, and encourages diversity in applicants.

Benefits

Health care

Child education contribution

Exclusive employee discounts

Remote and flexible working policies

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in brand management in KSA.
• Strong negotiation skills and stakeholder management.
• Expertise in budgeting and market analysis.

Responsibilities

• Deliver top line and bottom line targets for multi-brand beauty portfolio.
• Oversee commercial operations and work with store staff.
• Set up strategic plans and budgets for brands.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Relationship management

Market analysis

Leadership

Budgeting

Job description

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM. Their collective efforts have earned the Group the Great Place to Work® certification in several markets.

Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

What you'll be doing

Our Regional Brand Manager, based in Jeddah is accountable for the delivery of top line and bottom line targets for our multi-brand beauty portfolio (Al Jamal Department), across Saudi Arabia. Our Regional Brand Manager will oversee commercial operations across markets/networks of scope and will work closely with store staff/retailers to ensure achievement of targets through advanced customer and people experience while also raising brand awareness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set up the yearly strategic plan and budgets of the brands portfolio in coordination with Business Unit leaders.
• Participate in strategic meetings with suppliers, marketing, merchandising, and regional teams to negotiate commercial conditions (margin, promotions, exclusivity).
• Coordinate with the Marketing team; recommend marketing mix for existing shops and new openings.
• Set up the yearly strategic plan and budgets in accordance with the Business Units' vision and mission.
• Conduct strategic meetings with suppliers, marketing, merchandising, and regional teams to negotiate commercial conditions (margin, promotions, exclusivity).
• Develop and implement goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards.
• Coordinate with the Marketing team; recommend marketing mix for existing shops and new openings.
• Set the yearly budget of the team in line with plans and needs and monitor the budget achievement.
• Monitor and direct daily operations to ensure that goals and objectives are met in terms of sales targets, margins, and profit, and take corrective action when necessary.
• Approve brand mix and oversee the smooth implementation of opening, closing, and renovation of counters, and often get involved with demand planning.
• Maintain smooth relationships with suppliers and business partners.
• Negotiate targets, locations, and brand support with key suppliers.
• Promote customer service excellence by running surveys and analyzing benchmarks.
• Analyze and improve cost effectiveness; prepare ad-hoc review budget updates in collaboration with the General Manager.
• Prioritize and allocate available team resources, make recommendations for improvement, and ensure maximum effective service provision.
• Monitor and analyze market trends and competitor activities; provide action plans and follow up on implementation.
• Ensure proper implementation of in-store marketing animation plans/guidelines from Brand Owners.
• Analyze profitability of the store/brands & monitor market share.
• Review monthly reports on customer & sales analysis, shopper insights, traffic in-store, and store KPIs, and prepare action plans accordingly.
• Act as a country liaison with retailers and/or malls.
• Use marketing KPIs to set realistic but stretching targets for the team, brand, and activities, and suggest optimizations on actions and tools.
• Assign individual objectives for employee performance management purposes, manage performance, empower the team, and provide formal and informal feedback to support professional development and maximize performance.
• Ensure identification, proper development, and recognition of talents within the team.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Minimum 4 years of proven experience in brand management and commercial operations within the KSA market, consistently achieving sales, margin, and profit targets.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage key stakeholders, building effective relationships with suppliers, retailers, and regional teams across KSA.
• Expertise in budgeting, market analysis, sales data interpretation, and consumer insights to drive impactful business strategies.
• Proven leadership managing medium-sized teams, setting clear objectives, driving performance, and developing talent.
• Willingness and ability to travel within KSA and regionally, as required.
• Must be based in Jeddah or open to relocating there from other regions within KSA.

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.