Position Title: Assistant Brand Manager, Marketing

Location: Calabasas, California

Reports to: Director, Marketing, Prosumer Design (Clairol Professional & Wella colorcharm)

Scope / Brands: Marketing

ABOUT THE WELLA COMPANY

Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves.

Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.

THE ROLE

Looking for an Assistant Brand Manager to join the Wella company and work on Clairol Professional & Wella colorcharm brands in North America Design/ Innovation. We are looking for someone that wants to join a fast-paced environment where accountability, ambition and discipline are paired with a desire to achieve results collaboratively.

You will be leading the development and execution of North American Innovation Master Plans that deliver strong brand building and profitable business growth through insight-led strategy, closely guided by the Global Marketing Director, whom you’ll report into.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead some of the Clairol Professional and Wella colorcharm initiatives in collaboration with multifunctional teams, by executing strategic vision and brand plan throughout the initiative process.
• Develop marketing toolkits to enable NA market execution.
• Work effectively cross-functionally with internal teams (e.g. Trade Marketing, Finance, initiative leaders, R&D, Education, Supply Chain, CMI) providing the vision and direction required to ensure the successful delivery of brand plans.
• Manage the day-to-day marketing budget for the brands, ensuring all budget trackers are maintained correctly.
• Represent the brand and present at key internal meetings, especially during innovation meetings.
• Track competitor activity and industry trends, sharing key learnings with internal teams.
• Be a champion for the brands, maintaining regular dialogue cross-functionally and across markets to drive the brand strategic priorities.
• Brand Asset (Content) & Model Usage Rights Management Process Owner.
• Support in the Artwork and Claims development process.
• Contribute to creation and evaluation of concepts and big ideas.
• Contribute to photoshoot management and toolbox development.
• Execute marketing vision, strategies, and tactics for Prosumer brands, Clairol Professional & Wella colorcharm.
• Contribute to management of communications with agency partners.
• Support team on market analysis and brand presentations as needed.
• Additional tasks, duties and responsibilities as assigned by management

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree (Business Administration, Marketing or similar discipline)
• 3+ years’ experience in brand or product marketing innovation (Beauty or CPG industry preferred)
• Ability to work well under pressure, tight deadlines, managing multiple projects
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work efficiently and effectively within a collaborative, cross-functional environment
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Proficient computer knowledge – MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Specialized Skills Required:

• Strategic- Big picture thinker with ability to drill down to the details, Planning, facilitation, problem analysis/solving, decision making, solution oriented
• Creativity and Innovation- Creativity, business savvy, originality, intuition, open-minded
• Business- Work-flow structuring, monitoring, ability to quickly develop category & product expertise, multi-tasking, analytical, quantitative, organizational, detail-oriented, time management
• Analytical thinking & problem solving able to analyze complex and multiple data to develop in depth understanding of issues / barriers to growth and propose solutions to fix.
• Ownership: act as owner of the business, drive his/her projects and is accountable for results
• Keen to learn and accept feedback – keen to learn continually from others, accept to listen and act on feedback given.
• Leadership and Personal- Motivating others, strong cross-functional coordination and leadership, autonomy, collaboration, initiative, flexibility and adaptability, communication, development of employees, communication, sensitivity, objectivity, integrity, dependability, impact, tenacity.

EEO OPPORTUNITIES

We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Wella Company with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

We strongly believe that cultivating a diverse workplace gives a company strength. The combination of unique skills, abilities, experiences and backgrounds creates an environment that produces extraordinary results. EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled.