We’re not like everybody else. Maybe you aren’t either? Are you fierce when it comes to maximizing sales, building brands, and bubbling with exciting ideas and energy? Tired of hearing no and staying inside the box? You know you have the potential to create something big, you just need to get the chance. This is your platform! We are a challenger in the beauty industry, and while we have a market leading position in Sweden and are concurring shares of the Finnish market day by day– the main part of the journey is still a head of us.
Today, we are present in 8 countries, and one day we’re gonna be the greatest in Beauty Europe- to make that happen we believe that a local presence and adaptation are keys to success! You are most likely brave enough to test different ways that turn out to be wrong – we firmly believe that taking these risks are necessary for finding out what’s truly right! The only thing we won’t budge on is the way you go about things: humbleness, teamwork, and enjoying the ride are all cornerstones of our business culture, and you will be an important bridge to your market!

JOB DESCRIPTION (OR SOURCE OF JOY, CHALLENGE, ADVENTURE, FOCUS AREA OR WHATEVER WORD YOU WANNA USE)

As Country Manager your focus will be on the overall, omnichannel, Commercial opportunities in your local market. While you identify opportunities and brings the power of local, you pair up with the central organization to maximize the strength behind your efforts, and to further build out opportunities that comes through inclusion and synergies.
Local Marketing will report into you, and while other teams are reporting in respective centralized streams globally (such as Retail and Customer Service), you will facilitate and role model collaboration and team spirit across the local teams, as well as for collaborations between the local commercial team and centralized, global, teams (such as Online, Strategy & Brand, etc).

Increasing sales, margins, and profits

• deep dives into numbersBuilds out and nurtures relationships with local suppliers and brands
• can we elevate each other?Increasing brand awareness using a marketing strategy that challenges and stand out
• don’t be afraid of increasing the volume, the bigger risk lies in not being heard

We can promise you that you will be faced with many challenges and things to do that we haven’t listed above, not because we are sloppy, but because we like to build the rocket ship while riding it- and hey, this role is actually fresh from the oven, no one has had it before, so no blueprints should be expected.
Okay, let´s say that again- this role is a new one. While we recently installed the roles of Country Managers in our emerging markets earlier this year, we now will do this for our mature markets in the Nordics as well. As we grow our organization, market shares, and business presence, we are reshaping our ways of working, and believe in a model of centralized functions together with local organizations. Have we gotten the hang of it yet? Nope! Are we feeling some pain due to this? Yep! Are we learning, calibrating, and celebrating where we can? Absolutely!

APPLY QUICKLY AND EASILY, NO RESUME OR COVER LETTER NEEDED!

Does this sound like the right job for you? Apply quick and easy without a CV or cover letter! Instead, we ask you to answer some short questions. Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than 14th of November, 2023.
Any questions about the journey ahead and what we’re looking for will be answered by our Chief Sales Officier, Nordics (potentially your new manager), Lotta Onajin, lotta.onajin@lyko.com. For questions about the hiring process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Friend, Anna.stenbeck@lyko.com Mindful of data privacy, we kindly ask you not to send us any resumes over email.
Flexible ways of working, when possible
Prestigeless culture
Start-up vibe but still structured
Discount on 55,000 products
Thoughtful leaders
Rapid growth and lots of opportunities ahead

• You have experience from the beauty industry and have established great relationships within it. While you know the ins and out of this industry, you are not determined to keep the status quo of it. Let´s change things up!
• As a relationship builder, you easily identify relevant stakeholders on the partner and supplier side, and know how to get them engaged.
• With a mind for numbers and strong business acumen, you enjoy diving deep into the numbers, analyzing trends, and identifying opportunities.Revenue, sales margin, share of sales; you speak the language and loves to translate it into real business impact.
• What does commercial strategies and plans look like in a beauty context? When the profit is lagging behind- who are the usual suspects, and how does one pinpoint the strongest category opportunities? You have delivered the answers for this in your earlier positions.
• Solid understanding of how to build and develop a brand, and how to do it with a touch of crazy.
• Great Omnichannel experience.
• Experience from leading others. You know how to create engagement within a team, and you are a true coach as well as learner of your peers.
• You have successfully used your skills in creative problem solving and am not afraid to approach a challenge you haven’t faced before. While you are at it, we hope you share your learnings with the rest of us!
• As our voice in the local market, you need to be fully fluent in Finnish, and English