Commercial Assistant (Sell in) – Travel Retail Middle East KERING BEAUTE

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Key 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 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 retailers 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.

Essential Skills:

• 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.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors 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.

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