INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavor to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewelry, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalyzed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

Orveon is a modern beauty company founded in 2021, built on the acquisition of three iconic brands - bareMinerals, BUXOM, and Laura Mercier. With a presence in 30 countries and a team of 1,600 employees worldwide, it is a truly global organization committed to redefining the beauty industry.

As the Director, International Commercial Marketing & Business Excellence, you will play a pivotal role in driving commercial marketing strategies and business excellence across all Orveon brands globally. Working closely with the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) International and Regional Business Development Directors (BDDs), you will be instrumental in shaping the brand’s international success. Your role will be to:  

• Review, deploy and customize the Global Plans in the Regions
• Work with the Global International Marketing Integrator Team to develop ad Hoc Commercial and Marketing Projects which could not necessarily have a Global Scope 
• Lead local projects of developing marketing activities and product development with local relevancy
• Work together with International Director Business Planning to support the CRO and the Brands President to Develop Performance Marketing KPIs for the international marketing ecosystem
• Build a marketing activities monthly report to be shared with the CRO, the Regions and the Global Team
• Work together with the BDDs monitoring the spending of the A&P within the Business Partners Price Structures
• Work with the Global Digital Team to roll out the DTC and Other Online channels Internationally
• Attend Global Innovation monthly meetings
• Drive Retail Excellence through excellent store design and visual merchandising execution as well as implementation of luxe services protocol and improve client relationship management process
• Enhance training module to escalate the service and productivity level of retail staff
• Work together with the Creative Team to develop the best and most cost effective VM Executions in the Regions 

BUSINESS STRATEGY & PLANNING 

• Support the BDDs to develop their local Marketing Plans
• Participate in the Regions and Market business reviews
• Support the International Marketing Integrator in creating relevant products & programs “fit for use” for the international markets
• Consolidate & share with the International marketing integrator feedback received from Regional Hubs related to future launches / activations in a timely manner
• Monitor International competitive marketing activities and provide insights to Global functions and across international teams
• Provide input on local pricing strategy
• Act as the point of contact to remove obstacles to international business operations. (i.e. regulatory issues, creative operations/usage extensions, etc.)

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 

• Support the International Marketing Integrator in working closely with key markets in leading projects to create and launch new product that leverage local insights, analytics, and trends
• Partner with International Marketing Integrator to coordinate the development of Commercial Programs to meet KCP and market needs

DIGITAL / SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

• Work together with the International Marketing Integrator to drive the Global Digital team in developing assets fit for use for the International Business Development
• Implement and cascade International guidance in line with the directions given by the CRO and Brand President.

VISUAL MERCHANDISING 

• Work together with the International Marketing Integrator and the Creative Team to develop a Cost Effective and Fit For Use VM Proposition for the international markets

What you’ll need to succeed  

•   Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in Sales & Marketing in multiple geographies and Global/Regional Roles - leading a similar role at the same level 
• The role is Dubai based, willingness to relocate to Dubai is a must
• Strong Commercial and Marketing Working Experience in the Beauty industry - specifically Make-Up
• Experience working with Global Teams and collaborating across multiple geographies
  • Experience working with Distributors as well as Developing and Leading Retail Excellence Programs with an Omni-Channel approach
  • High Level of Flexibility in working with multiple time zones and with the direct boss remotely located as well as flexibility to travel around 20% of the time
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a high level of energy with ability to influence and work cross-functionally across several internal and external teams
• Strong communication skills and ability to clearly articulate impact. Ability to communicate fluently, both spoken and written English. Other languages would be considered a plus
• A strategic and critical thinker with the ability to clearly communicate a vision with precision, enthusiasm and passion
• Agility and Ability to thrive in a start-up environment and navigate effectively in complex and ambiguous situations
• Culturally sensitive and possessing strong teamwork ethics to drive high levels of collaborations across global teams. 

What we can offer you  

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality.  We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.  

We recognize the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.  

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.