Brand Manager

Hello, we’re L’Oréal. We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life

As a Brand Manager for L’Oréal Paris in our Consumer Products Division, you will be the strategic leader for one of our iconic brands in Melbourne. Reporting to the Brand Business Lead, you will lead a makeup segment—launching innovations and driving "brand love" in a competitive market. This is your chance to leave your mark on a brand that reaches millions of consumers.

In this role, you will:

Drive strategy for your makeup segment: Develop and execute the annual brand strategy, while overseeing the P&L to achieve sales and profit targets.

Best-in-class launch & forecasting :  Lead the launch of new products end-to-end, from volume forecasting to curating a best-in-class offline experience and working with the Online Brand Manager to ensure it translates online.

Portfolio management:  Determine the optimal portfolio strategy for your makeup segment, including pricing, distribution, and in-store merchandising, as well as leading makeup planogram development.

Commercial Acumen:  Monitor brand performance and work closely with Sales, Business Development, and Supply Chain teams to ensure commercial success, forecast accuracy, and market share growth.

We Are Looking For

We are seeking a strategic thinker with a creative spark who can inspire a team and drive results. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a deep understanding of the consumer landscape. You are a natural leader, ready to take ownership and steer the brand towards future success.

You're a great match if you have:

• Proven experience in brand management and forecasting, preferably within FMCG or beauty.
• Strong business acumen with experience managing financial performance and P&L.
• Solid understanding of the Australian retail and digital landscape.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively across functions.
• An entrepreneurial mindset, always looking for opportunities to innovate.
• Proactive and hungry to understand our consumers, using consumer-led insights to lead campaigns.

What’s In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal/environmental causes to make concrete difference.

Who We Are

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

The Consumer Products Division is on a mission to democratize beauty at its best. That means celebrating the diverse beauty of humanity and engaging the maximum number of people worldwide while elevating the mass beauty market with premium innovations. Our aspirational brands are at the forefront, inspiring and capturing consumer desires across regions and beauty categories. We have powerful, industry-leading brands like L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup, and more.

ABOUT L’OREAL GROUPE, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 

The L'Oréal Groupe in Australia & New Zealand is a supporter of reducing barriers that exist due to traditional working practices and therefore flexible work arrangements will be considered for this role. If you require any adjustments or accommodations in our recruitment process, employment or have questions in regards to accessibility please email to speak with our Talent Acquisition representative.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from people regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs or disability. We are an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (WGEA) and a Family Friendly Workplace (Parents At Work & UNICEF). 

L'Oréal acknowledges the Traditional Owners & Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.