Commercial Assistant – Travel Retail Middle East KERING BEAUTE
CREED MIDDLE EAST PERFUMES TRADING L.L.C
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
The successful candidate will keep a keen eye on new products, emerging trends, competitive intelligence, and best practices that can positively impact Kering Beaute commercial opportunities.Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyse market trends, new products, and competitive activities to identify opportunities for growth.
- Prepare presentations to review business cases and commercial opportunities.
- Create new processes and improve current ways of operating including tracking budgets/spend, preparing marketing activation reviews, new launches.
- Support On-boarding/launch of new brands.
- Work cross-functionally with various local and global teams: store design, VM, marketing, brand teams and coordinate closely with Sales and VM teams for merchandising and shipping POSM materials.
- Process Purchase Orders in a time-sensitive manner and follow up on delivery through to payment completion.•Process and follow up on all Expense Invoices (salaries, commissions, rebates, etc.) in a timely manner, ensuring alignment with the budget and provisions set by the Finance Controller.
- Complete new Supplier Creation Forms for invoicing purposes.
- Prepare weekly Sell-In meetings and monthly Performance meetings, including Sell-In, Sell-Out, stock equation, MOC by retailer, and SKU analysis.
- Conduct in-depth Stock analysis of each retailer's SOH to recommend customized monthly orders.
- Share the monthly Brand Assortment with each retailer to improve and maximize service levels.
- Hold monthly meetings with the Finance Controller and Regional Manager to review retailers’ statements of accounts.
- Process and follow up on returns (if any) as agreed with the FC/AM, in line with the allocated budget.
- Support retailer presentations with relevant sales performance and stock equation data.
- Participate in retailer meetings hosted at the Dubai office when related to stock matters.
- Retail and/or travel retail experience in a fast-paced and agile environment.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data sets.
- Solid commercial awareness of retail dynamics.
- Effective communication skills.
- Problem-solving abilities to identify challenges and create innovative solutions.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals.
- Customer-focused mindset to enhance the retail experience.
- Keeps up to date on the latest trends, competitor activity, and market awareness.
- Highly organized to manage multiple tasks efficiently, with the ability to prioritize and multitask.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting, with the ability to operate complex formulas.
- Experience in luxury fragrance/beauty sales and/or travel retail essential.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in retail or travel retail, preferably within the luxury fragrance/beauty sector.
- Proven track record of supporting commercial projects and delivering successful outcomes.