Senior Brand Executive - Elizabeth Arden (GCC & India)
INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT
For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.
Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.
Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM. Their collective efforts have earned the Group the Great Place to Work® certification in several markets.
Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.
What you'll be doing
We are seeking a passionate and commercially driven Senior Brand Executive to support the growth of our beauty portfolio across both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retail channels. This role sits at the intersection of marketing and commercial functions, playing a key role in executing brand strategies, driving visibility and sell in, as well as optimizing sell-through across all touchpoints.
Key Responsibilities:
Brand Execution: Develop and execute localized marketing and commercial strategies/plans tailored to domestic and travel retail markets, including in-store activations, digital campaigns, and promotional calendars.
E-commerce Management: Oversee e-commerce performance by optimizing visibility, pricing strategies, and driving both sell in and sell-out, market share, and ranking through campaigns and activations
Sales & Performance Tracking: Monitor sales performance across channels, analyse sell-out data, and support monthly brand forecasting efforts.
Formulate, Negotiate & Drive yearly agreement & Joint Business plans with key retail partners to drive profitability and growth
Manage forecasting, bottom-up planning, and new product development analysis across retail and distribution partners.
Leadership & Coordination: Lead a team of 2 marketing coordinators and ensure cross-functional coordination between internal teams, agencies, and suppliers to execute brand campaigns and retail activations – ensuring successful commercial impact across activations.
Liaise with cross-functional teams including supply chain, commercial, customer service to ensure seamless operations
Competitor Monitoring: Stay up to date with market trends, competitive activity, and consumer behaviour, providing insights and recommendations to management and Global to act upon
What you’ll need to succeed
3–5 years of relevant experience in brand marketing & key account management, ideally in the beauty or FMCG industry.
Strong understanding of both offline retail and e-commerce dynamics
Leadership skills- this role will manage 2 people
Excellent negotiation, communication and project management skills
Analytical mindset with high proficiency in Excel and performance tracking tools
Creative thinker with strong attention to detail
Fluency in English; Arabic is a plus
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 recognise 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.
Dubai
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With our people at heart, we believe in building a diverse work environment that nurtures and celebrates people’s differences, offers equal opportunities to all and ensures that our team members have a sense of belonging.