The world leader in cosmetics, L’Oréal is present in 150 countries on five continents. Our 35 international brands have allowed us to devote ourselves solely to one business: beauty, with a mission to provide the best in cosmetics innovation to all women and men globally. Our ambition is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by inventing the cosmetic products that meet the infinite diversity of their needs and desires through continued digital innovation. L’Oréal supports diversity and sustainable, ethical sourcing for all our products, and we have reduced our emissions by approx. 78% since 2005.

The DNA of L’Oréal is Innovation and we are driven by a real passion for the future. Our Research and Innovation Centres in India are the sixth innovation hub for L’Oréal worldwide to fuel local market innovations.

The distance between beauty and tech is closing rapidly, and we are determined to be pioneers in this new beauty tech world. New digital technologies and services are making the world of beauty move faster than ever before. Data and artificial intelligence are opening new horizons for personalization and customization. By incorporating digital into everything that we do, we are creating a better relationship with our consumers.

When beauty and tech collide, the impossible can happen!

In our journey, we are looking for talented individuals who can lead us on this mission.

Would you like to be a part of the adventure?

We have a suitable opportunity in the function of Marketing for the position of Marketing Manager (Kérastase India). In this role, you will define the strategic direction of the brand, manage the brand’s A&P budget, build the brand by developing insightful communication, manage new product launches, gain market share by driving campaigns for key products offline and online to achieve awareness and market share for the brand.

You should have a minimum 10 years of relevant work experience in operational marketing, product development and digital marketing. Prior experience in beauty, lifestyle luxury goods or services will be advantageous. The location of the job will be in Mumbai.

This position has 2 direct reportees.

Key Deliverables:

• You will steer the positioning of the brand keeping in mind global brand mandates.
• You will orchestrate the launches and push growth of pillar products towards continued growth and animate core categories / products of the brand
• You will conceptualise and develop new concepts for brand communication and category communication to drive relevance and awareness of the brand.
• You will analyse data and market insights and follow trends to create animations to drive business
• You will lead the roll-out of strong Media, PR and Influencer Campaigns
• You will drive the brand’s presence on all platforms (online and offline) and be responsible for sales forecasting, stock planning
• You will design tactical offers for consumers
• You will conceptualise, develop and execute disruptive Point of Sale elements in collaboration with the merchandising team
• You will manage the brand’s advertising and promotional budget.
• You will be responsible for working with the demand planning team on sales forecast accuracy
• You will collaborate with other departments (sales, logistics, education, etc.) and partner agencies/ production houses to build campaigns
• You will make recommendations to management on your own expertise as well as based on research that you will drive of the consumer, market and competitors
• You will design commercial schemes in collaboration with the sales teams for the trade channel
• You will collaborate with the education team to build and promote new techniques, launch new products and excite Hairdressers

Key success factors:

• Passion for beauty
• Creative and strong aesthetics inclination
• Attention to detail and operational excellence
• Creative Conceptualisation for communication
• Analytics and insights skill
• Work as a team player
• Drive alignment, interact effectively,
• Demonstrate entrepreneurship, and innovate

Key Relationships:

• Internal Interactions – Sales, Digital, Education, Supply Chain, Purchase, Merchandising, Finance teams
• External Interactions – Advertising, PR and Digital partners

Physical Demands (e.g. % travel):

• Travel will be need based

Education:

• MBA / Masters

L’Oréal is committed to building a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. L’Oréal closely prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of the individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.