Product Portfolio Manager
Charlotte Tilbury, United Kingdom
Job Description
Founded by British makeup artist, Charlotte Tilbury MBE, in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup application for every person, at any age, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories. The company now employs over 2000 people globally and is available to buy in over several locations via CharlotteTilbury.com
What the job does:
As our Product Portfolio Manager, you will assist the Product Portfolio function in product lifecycle coordination and product performance analysis for Charlotte Tilbury Beauty. The Product Portfolio team is responsible for the supervision of Charlotte Tilbury’s entire product assortment. This function is uniquely positioned to interact regularly with a wide variety of departments beyond NPD including Marketing, Commercial, Supply Chain and Finance. This role offers the opportunity to interface with global and regional stakeholders at various levels of the organisation, including Senior Leadership, and have direct impact on key business decisions and the company’s long-term strategy.
Key Accountabilities:
Product Portfolio Performance Analysis
- Supporting the Product Portfolio function on all product performance analysis related tasks. Including:
- Data collection and manipulation for key business reports on new product performance, providing accurate data to keep the business informed on recent launches KPIs
- Report on full product portfolio performance and generate key insights in preparation for regular Product Portfolio meetings as well as ad hoc reviews to steer portfolio strategy on optimising the product assortment
NPD Forecasting
- Assist in managing the end-to-end NPD forecasting process (both retail and non-retail), ensuring all steps of the cycle are well managed, achieving deadlines, and completing a successful forecasting cycle. Including:
- Coordination of meetings and briefing material
- Work with Product Portfolio Managers on in-depth analysis of forecast submissions versus key indicators required by the business to surface key points of resolution ahead of presentation
- Support in providing final submission of the forecast to the Supply Chain team for procurement
- Assist with collation of sampling forecast and upkeep of related Portfolio documents, actively coordinating with the Supply Chain and Procurement team
Product Portfolio Management
- Contribute to the coordination of the full product portfolio, supporting the team in making key business recommendations on new product development and discontinuations
NPD amp; OPS meeting
- Actively participating in the meeting between New Product Development and Supply Chain together with the team to ensure launches are on track and flagging risks to critical milestones
Reporting Relationships:
- Reporting into Head of Product Portfolio
- Supporting the Director, Heads of Product Development and Product Portfolio Team
Requirements
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to multi-task, particularly under pressure
- Accuracy and thoroughness and attention to detail
- Knowledge of MS Office systems, in particular Excel and PowerPoint
- Advanced numerical, analytical, and data manipulation skills
- Ability to share findings in a simple and coherent manner
Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated. Even if you don’t tick all the boxes Apply anyway!
Benefits
- Generous staff discount
- Generous monthly product gifting
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Hybrid, flexible working with core hours between 10am and 4pm
- Dog friendly office on Monday and Fridays.
- Access to Tilbury Treats - discounts on everything from gym memberships to cinema tickets.
- Other fabulous benefits such as life assurance, birthdays off work and pension contribution.
At Charlotte Tilbury, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that tak