SHORT TERM ASSIGNMENT - EME Fragrance Brands Director (Category Management) (M/F/X)

At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

Since its inception in 1969 in Limoges, France, and as part of the LVMH Group since 1997, Sephora has been disrupting the prestige beauty retail industry. Today, Sephora continues to break with convention to drive its mission: champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty.

With 56,000 employees in 35 countries, including 15,000 in Europe & Middle East, we connect customers and beauty brands within the world's most passionate beauty community. With a curation of nearly 500 brands, and our own label, Sephora Collection, we offer the most unique and diverse range of products: fragrances, makeup, hair care, skincare... and much more.

To support the growth of the fragrance category at European level, Sephora is looking for a new Fragrance Brand Director. Reporting directly to the Europe Fragrance Category Director and leading a team of 5 talents, this key role within the offer organization ensures the implementation of the fragrance strategy defined with the global teams, across all our countries, while bringing brands and internal departments on board with this vision.

The role is a maternity leave cover and is based in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

You will excel and enjoy this position if you are ready to actively handle the following missions :

• Management of a team of talents
• Analyze the market, track trends and set Sephora's priorities to attract customers to the brand and create differentiation.
• Contribute to the definition of the category roadmap & ensure the category's strategy is implemented in closed partnership with the global team, our countries and in collaboration with internal departments
• Lead Europe incubated brands success by sourcing & launching new brands to cover white spots in our assortment and strengthen SEPHORA's position in Europe. Support the change of mindset to build brand from scratch with Sephora departments & markets' supports.
• Handling a portfolio of established brands and partnering with them to define priority projects at Sephora's. Definition of differentiating 360 marketing plans for key launches: media and social media, trade marketing, e-store, CRM, training, sampling
• Close partnership with brands on their strategy in collaboration with BP team, products development, and discussion of commercial terms (marketing investments, NIP, purchase prices, returns, space allocation, promotional means, newness forecasts).
• Monitoring of budget, assortments, merchandising updates, forecasting, stocks and sales analysis
• Be responsible for the effective communication of the strategy to the markets, have the ability to convince and simplify, as well as monitor the proper execution of the brand portfolio
• Management of transversal projects (tools improvement, process transformation, team workload optimization)
• Ensure best practices across all category management activities, in alignment with other categories make up & fragrance.

Do not hesitate to apply if you have… or if you are …

• At least 10 years of experience in category management, marketing and/or Key Account Management. Retail & Digital expertise would be a plus.
• A passion for beauty and retail
• Cross-functional management experience, ideally in an international context (fluent English)
• Ability to have an overall and strategic vision while delivering excellent execution (details, speed, thoroughness)
• Business oriented & strong analytics skills
• Prior leadership experience in leading teams effectively
• Willgness to roll up your sleeves and a go getter mindset; excellent ability to build relationships.

Here, you will find:

• Community, in which authenticity is embraced, and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit.
• Culture of empowerment, learning & growth, that offers you the tools, space and opportunity to learn, innovate and lead.
• Work that brings fulfillment. From delighting clients every day, to inspiring our industry at large, every action makes a difference.

Join us and belong to something beautiful.

At Sephora, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for everyone.

Since its inception in 1969 in Limoges, France, and as part of the LVMH Group since 1997, Sephora has been disrupting the prestige beauty retail industry. Today, Sephora continues to break with convention to drive its mission: champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty.

With 56,000 employees in 35 countries, including 15,000 in Europe & Middle East, we connect customers and beauty brands within the world's most passionate beauty community. With a curation of nearly 500 brands, and our own label, Sephora Collection, we offer the most unique and diverse range of products: fragrances, makeup, hair care, skincare... and much more.