Job Description

Coty is a world leader in beauty and home to an illustrious roster of cosmetic, skincare and fragrance brands. And our company has a mission: to challenge the definition of beauty, to encourage authenticity and celebrate diversity. Because to us at Coty, beauty isn\xe2\x80\x99t about conforming to somebody else\xe2\x80\x99s ideal. It\xe2\x80\x99s about inclusion and liberating everyone to shine in their unique way.

THE ROLE

About the role
We are actively looking for a 6-month contract Retail Design and Project Manager to be based in Singapore. Your primary role is to lead merchandising activities within Travel Retail APAC focusing on Promotional and Permanent Merchandising.

Brands: Full portfolio.

Markets covered within the scope: Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, SEA and India.

RESPONSIBILITIES
MERCHANDISING and PROMOTIONS MANAGER

• Drive in-store retail excellence and grow share of space by expressing our global brands through quality merchandising in all channels.
• Create breakthrough animations while maintaining global standards and brand guidelines.
• Drive high quality execution befitting our luxury portfolio.

Temporary Animations & Permanent Counters (include refurbishments and new openings)
To project manage, execute, and work with multiple stake holders to ensure brand image, standards and qualities are met.

• Work closely with marketing and commercial team to execute planned animations and permanent counters
• Manage design and approval process with internal and external stakeholders
• Manage and ensure forecast process such as recommending order quantities for merchandising items from global offerings to accommodate planned animation and capex
• Identify visual and POSMs deployment aligning with the launch guideline
• Award design and act as liaison between contractors and retailers
• Access and share guidelines and artwork for design and production vendors
• Manage approval for material and finished samples from production suppliers
• Solve any issues during design and production process
• Conduct VM session prior to the opening to commercial team to ensure execution excellence
• Visit installations and ensure guidelines and quality expectations are met
• Create and distribute photographic records of all activities; including generating installation report and conduct post-mortem session when needed
• Plan, manage budget and record accrued costing of all projects

REQUIREMENTS

• You will need to have strong project management skills with 5-8 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience minimum and be able to simultaneously manage multiple projects across categories - fragrance, skincare and makeup.
• Experience in perfume & cosmetics industry will be advantageous but not mandatory.
• Ideally, you will have a design background in merchandising or interior design with knowledge of design software (Microsoft Office & Adobe Creative Clouds/AutoCAD).
• You are proactive, think out of the box, have good interpersonal skills, embrace a can-do attitude, and believe in team spirit; enabling you to thrive and perform well in our dynamic and entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong communication skills.

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