Assistant Product Manager – Skincare Full Time

Assistant Product Manager – Skincare, 37.5 Hours Hybrid

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Ready to bring passion into your career?

A global leading skincare and make-up company, Clarins Group is the embodiment of a committed family history, with a fierce passion for innovation and spirit of independence. Its raison d’être is “making life more beautiful, passing on a more beautiful planet”.

Operating in more than 150 countries, we are now the number one skincare company in Europe and are accelerating our development on all other continents, particularly in Asia and the Americas.

Because our 8,000 talents are unique, we are committed to promoting diversity in all its forms.

Do you want to help write the next chapter of our story? 

The role: 

Responsible for assisting the Senior Product Manager (SPM) for the Skincare and Body category, coordinating and implementing skincare brand-related activities, POS and kits. Assisting in management of the Clarins Skincare range alongside the Senior Product Manager, including forecasting, POS and acts as key point of contact for the range. Responsible for day-to-day admin within the category such as presentation documents, pricing, and general support.

What you’ll do:

• Conduct regular competitive reviews and reporting, including store visits to maintain a strong overview of market activity

• Lead the development of POS materials for key launches

• Manage and update the marketing budget on a monthly basis, including raising POs and maintaining the PO and invoicing tracker

• Oversee copy for new product launches, including CRM, PDPs and product information sheets

• Own forecasting and management of annual gift sets, including local production

• Oversee the pricing process, including competitive analysis and bi-annual pricing communications for the category

• Manage discontinuation lists for skincare and body care, including phase-in and phase-out products

• Own printed materials (e.g. skincare and body planners), including updates and stock management

• Create PowerPoint presentations as required (e.g. strategy meetings, global visits, company meetings, forecasts, S&OP)

• Manage all product and POS code requests

• Handle category trade requests (e.g. NLFs) and manage Boots line list processes for skincare

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, external partners and retail contacts

• Work closely with the VM team to ensure seamless in-store execution

• Support the SPM with forecasting for new product launches

• Provide general administrative support to the Senior Product Manager

• Provide ad hoc NPD and Circana analysis

You are:

• Commercially focused with a creative approach and an eye for design

• Able to build high quality and profitable relationships

• A confident communicator – both verbal and written

• Flexible team player with the ability to multi-task and work under pressure to fixed deadlines

• Ability to use initiative and adapt to various situations. 

You have:

• 2 years+ Marketing experience, ideally from luxury cosmetics sector

• A good understanding of current trends and landscape within the UK beauty industry.

• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and Powerpoint

• Excellent attention to detail

We have:

• Over 70 years of expertise in beauty and spa, with the Clarins and myBlend brands.

• Unique products and innovative services.

• A commitment to Social & Environmental Responsibility embedded in our raison d’être.

• A caring and inclusive corporate culture.

• Development and training opportunities.

• Attractive compensation and benefits.

• A flexible work environment, with up to 2 days of remote working per week.

If you have a curious mind, a thirst to go further and the drive to boldly take on new challenges, join us.

About Clarins Group

A B-Corp certified global leading skincare and make-up company, Clarins group is the embodiment of a committed family history, with a fierce passion for innovation and spirit of independence. Our purpose “making life more beautiful, passing on a more beautiful planet,” is a core commitment outlined in our by-laws.

Operating in more than 150 countries thanks to our 8,000 employees worldwide, we are now the number one skincare company in Europe and are accelerating our development on all other continents, particularly in Asia and the Americas.

In line with our dual CSR mission of ‘Caring for people, caring for the planet’ we take pride in offering a rewarding yet challenging work environment where everyone can thrive.

This culture allowed us to achieve the certification of Forbes’ World’s Best Employers 2024, Forbes’ World’s Best Employers 2024 for Women.

To learn more about our group and our commitments to people, visit www.groupeclarins.com.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe in making life more beautiful for our employees and our customers.

Inclusion and diversity are firmly grounded in our core values. We strive to achieve inclusiveness, and we foster an equal-opportunity culture where everyone can reach their full potential and do their best work.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are a member of the ILO (International Labor Organization) and the Employers Network for Equity and Inclusion (ENEI).