Head of Brand – Luxury Beauty

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles.

What you’ll be doing  

We are looking for a Head of Brand who will be overseeing a 3 axis portfolio of brands that include: Killian, Frederic Malle, Tom Ford, La Mer, Ordinary, and Bobbi Brown. You will be responsible for the Retail, Distribution, E-Commerce and E-tailer business for all brands. You will be responsible for designing and implementing the overall strategy, and then cascading and cooperating with the local markets to empower them to drive their own Go To Market strategy in line with the brands. You will be expected to identify new opportunities while ensuring alignment with concerned stakeholders (General Manager / Vice President, Finance). You will empower concerned teams and partners (local markets) to achieve their objectives and goals whilst creating a sense of ownership through an attitude of collaboration and cooperation with different stakeholders and the right steering of the human manpower towards a balanced outcome. Other responsibilities will include:

• Set a regional brand strategy in line with brands and group direction.
• Set the commercial / financial structure of the portfolio for the year 3 and 5 years to come.
• Set the needed structure / manpower needed to achieve the above plans.
• Ensure upstream brands are aligned and follow through the proposed plan
• Driving the discussions on Go To Market strategies of the local market and create a space of collaboration and cooperation.
• Manage the P&L of the brands and ensure alignment with proposed targets.
• Drive a data driven discussion with brands and markets to ensure best in class consumer outcomes.
• Negotiate alongside brands, the required support to ensure delivering goals and results.
• Ensure a clear communication and cooperation between all stakeholders.
• Organize and lead financial P&L discussion internally and externally.
• Visit the markets to ensure a strong adherence to the brand guidelines.
• Manage contracts and agreements with brands and retailers.
• Work closely with different stakeholders in the organization to drive category growth and ensure a strong brand / boat benefit.
• Lead negotiations and discussions with retailers to ensure best in class to your brand and consumer experience in their stores.
• Work closely with the brands to define the needed strategy and tactics to drive your standalones performance and results.
• Work on evaluating the portfolio’s performance and define steps towards pushing brands forward.

What you’ll need to succeed  

• Experience managing a portfolio of brands in Beauty Retail and Distribution 
• Strong marketing and commercial acumen
• Agile mindset and the ability to navigate complexity and multiple stakeholders 
• Strong negotiation skills coupled with emotional intelligence
• Highly organized and flexible 
• An understand of the digital space and omnichannel business

   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.