Merchandising and Promotion Manager

at  COTY OPERATIONS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD

REQUIREMENTS

• You will need to have strong project management skills with 5-8 years’ experience minimum and be able to simultaneously manage multiple projects across categories - fragrance, skincare and makeup.
• Experience in perfume & cosmetics industry will be advantageous but not mandatory.
• Ideally, you will have a design background in merchandising or interior design with knowledge of design software (Microsoft Office & Adobe Creative Clouds/AutoCAD).
• You are proactive, think out of the box, have good interpersonal skills, embrace a can-do attitude, and believe in team spirit; enabling you to thrive and perform well in our dynamic and entrepreneurial environment.

MERCHANDISING and PROMOTIONS MANAGER

• Drive in-store retail excellence and grow share of space by expressing our global brands through quality merchandising in all channels.
• Create breakthrough animations while maintaining global standards and brand guidelines.
• Drive high quality execution befitting our luxury portfolio.

Temporary Animations & Permanent Counters (include refurbishments and new openings)

To project manage, execute, and work with multiple stake holders to ensure brand image, standards and qualities are met.

• Work closely with marketing and commercial team to execute planned animations and permanent counters
• Manage design and approval process with internal and external stakeholders
• Manage and ensure forecast process
• such as recommending order quantities for merchandising items from global offerings to accommodate planned animation and capex
• Identify visual and POSMs deployment aligning with the launch guideline
• Award design and act as liaison between contractors and retailers
• Access and share guidelines and artwork for design and production vendors
• Manage approval for material and finished samples from production suppliers
• Solve any issues during design and production process
• Conduct VM session prior to the opening to commercial team to ensure execution excellence
• Visit installations and ensure guidelines and quality expectations are met
• Create and distribute photographic records of all activities; including generating installation report and conduct post-mortem session when needed
• Plan, manage budget and record accrued costing of all projects