Marketing Trainee -( 3-6 months ) – CHANEL

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  

The role of the Marketing trainee is to manage the marketing activations and visual merchandise for CHANEL Egypt across the 20 stores across Cairo & Alexandria.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Assist in the development of yearly and quarterly marketing plans and calendar of activities
• Implement the marketing, promotional activities for the BP, as per the agreed plans
• Coordinate on monthly basis with team & coach to identify possible marketing requirements and support for the growth of the brand
• Coordinate with the suppliers on daily basis regarding all marketing requirements ranging from giveaways, posters, brochures, media requirements, CRM, exposures, displays, etc.
• Coordinate with VM on monthly basis regarding prints, managing simulations of campaign changes and exposures
• Liaise with vendors to ensure production of POS material and marketing collateral in line with marketing objectives and agreed timelines
• Coordinate with VM and suppliers on cabin maintenance on weekly basis
• Replenish market with required VM materials such as PLV, dummies, risers, and visuals.
• Assist in PLV forecast with the brand on VM requirements.
• Assist line manager in collating data for reports on brand performance, marketing initiatives, customer mix, post activation reports after each campaign/ activity ,etc. as required
• Assist in collating competitors‘ activities vis a vis communication, pricing, packaging and planning
• Collect and maintain estimates & invoices with all vendors.
• Maintain effective working relations and contacts with key external parties, such as retailers.
• Update and maintain the marketing calendar for all promotional initiatives.
• Share social media assets with key retailers as per the agreed calendar and ensure implementation as per the guidelines.
• Work with the team on building a system for customer data to ensure a more accurate forecasting.
• Come up with innovative ways to delight our customers through the data collection.
• Come up and implement innovative ways to enhance the in-store customer service experience, especially during events and activations.
• Animate stores and beauty cabins during planned activations as per the brand guidelines.
• Regular survey the market to identify new opportunities for delighting the customers.

What you’ll need to succeed  

• Candidate must have 0-2 years of experience in marketing or a similar role.
• Previous experience in beauty or fashion retail is preferred.
• Proficient user of Microsoft Excel & Power Point.
• Ability to turn data into insights.
• Candidate must have high level of expertise with presentations on Canva or a similar platform
• Candidate must be a team player, with good relationship management skills.

• Candidate must be proactive and thinks outside the box

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.