Senior brand manager

To enable our customers to feel and look their best by offering them the world's best line-up of beauty and skin-care brands (+ more), coupled with exceptional service.MECCA Senior Brand Manager To enable our customers to feel and look their best by offering them the world's best line-up of beauty and skin-care brands (+ more), coupled with exceptional service.Why MECCAWe have over 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day.Our ongoing growth is fuelled by opening new stores and reaching new customers, launching new products, and harnessing the latest technology to constantly innovate and evolve our concepts, experiences, and service offerings.Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or our Distribution Centre (DC), you will be an integral part of the MECCA family.About the role The Role You Could Play: As the Senior Brand Manager, you'll have the opportunity to develop and implement a strategic agenda that drives change and boosts the long-term success of Make-Up at MECCA.You'll manage day-to-day relationships with our global makeup brand partners, seek growth opportunities to exceed customer expectations, and prepare monthly reporting and sales forecasting to boost profitability and long-term excellence.In addition to implementing the category strategy and brand performance, you'll also work with Marketing, Digital, and Loyalty to coordinate go-to-market initiatives around new brand launches.You'll coach, develop, and mentor team members within the broader Merchandise function and champion key department-wide projects and continuous improvement initiatives.What you will bring: There is no doubt that extensive prior buying and brand management experience in finished goods, and a passion for our customers is an absolute must for anyone in this role!You will also be able to demonstrate the following:Developed and implemented category and brand strategies to ensure long-term and lasting growthDriven long-term change, effectively influencing senior stakeholders and/or brand founders, and engaging others on the journeyWell-honed rapport-building and interpersonal skills as a master relationship-builder with leading global brandsPrevious team leadership experience, inspiring and engaging a high performing team (preferably previous line management responsibilities)Commercially astute and experienced in owning and driving P&L efficienciesPrevious experience building high performing teams with strong coaching and mentoring skillsA strong negotiator of outcomes to benefit all parties and deliver commercially on all sidesExtensively worked collaboratively with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Operations, Digital, and FinanceWhat you'll be responsible for:Brand Activation: Bring a brand to life through digital and physical experiences, to achieve marketing and business goalsProject Coordination: Coordinate people and processes to ensure the effective and timely running of a projectStakeholder Engagement: Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insightsSkills you'll need:Prioritization: Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actionsWritten communication: Writes in a clear and structured format to convey information and ideas effectively to a target audienceAttention to detail: Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exist in information and deliverablesBe careful - Don't provide your bank or credit card details when applying for jobs.Don't transfer any money or complete suspicious online surveys.If you see something suspicious, report this job ad. #J-18808-Ljbffr