Global Marketing Director Skincare

We’re Coty, one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care. Coty is the global leader in fragrance and number three in color cosmetics. Coty’s products are sold in over 150 countries around the world. Coty and its brands are committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimize its impact on the environment.

THE ROLE

**Mission**:
This role supports the VP Brand Skincare and the marketing development team in building the global brand strategy on products innovation and products messages as well as marketing materials. The Director will also help to lead local implementation of the products launch strategy, working closely with the markets to facilitate and inspire connections and engagement between the products and its target audiences.

The Director requires the ability to work closely with the laboratories, and to liaise and communicate internally with various departments, such as PR Communication, Retail teams, Digital team and trade marketing on top of key license contacts.

**Responsibilities**:

- Analyse the trends of the market, identify the products development opportunities (skincare but also could be on adjacent categories)
- Recommend the innovation plans: products innovation but also animations, routines, kits
- Analyze and develop the right product mix : formula, packaging, prices
- Concept writing : work close to the R&D and the scientific communication to write the new products concepts (innovation) and products key messages (base business)
- Define the useful support elements to achieve successful new product launch, in connection with the markets and the Trade Marketing, according to the timing and the quality.
- In charge of the development with the support teams of 360° campaign (digital, PR, merchandising, education )
- Responsible for the products P&L
- Prepare the Marketing launch package
- Manage the relationship with license to build strong coherent plans
- Sprearhead products innovation and partner with external agencies & internal expert teams
- Define, track & achieve KPIs for all launches
- Lead, coach, drive and develop a team
- Oversee day-to-day budget management and supplier payments
- Track, analyze, and monitor results, identifying key insights to optimize products strategy

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

**Skills & experience required**:

- Bachelor’s degree
- 15+ years of relevant products development & innovation experience at global level
- Experience mandatory in high end skincare and / or longevity clinics
- Experience of US and / or China is a plus
- Strong skills in copywriting
- Strategic
- Vision, anticipation of consumer needs, build the brand in a “new / better / different” mindset vs competition.
- Creativity and Innovation
- Creativity, Business savvy, originality, intuition, digital oriented
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to communicate across the organization at all levels
- Business
- Work-flow structuring, monitoring, product knowledge, account administration, automated office systems, multi-tasking, analytical, quantitative, organizational, detail-oriented, time management
- Strong planning and organizational skills with a sense of priority and attention to details
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to adapt well to change and multi-task
- Ability to demonstrate tact and discretion in preparing, disclosing and handling information of a confidential nature
- Demonstrate out-of-the-box thinking in approaching new and innovative ways of executing
- Has an enthusiasm to proactively present learnings and suggest new ideas
- Experience working within a global scope
- Hard-working, self-motivated and passionate about the beauty industry
- Proficiency in English

CONCLUDING
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