Assistant Brand Manager, Portfolio and Strategy

Located in Montreal, Quebec, the Canadian company Groupe Marcelle is a leader in the cosmetics industry. With the highest standards of quality and excellence, Groupe Marcelle develops, manufactures, and distributes care and makeup products and accessories with a portfolio of four brands: Marcelle, Watier, Annabelle and CW Beggs and Sons.

At Groupe Marcelle we believe in an environment where passion can be expressed, creative minds lead to exceptional innovation, audacity and focus are a pillar of great success and acts of empowerment, collaboration and humanity are widely encouraged. Because our purpose is to “Cultivate beauty in the world”, we strive to care for you, people and the environment. We are looking for professionals who will exemplify these values and bring energy and commitment to results.

Join a company with more than 300 employees in the cosmetics field and play a key role in the organization.

Groupe Marcelle is currently looking for an Assistant Brand Manager, portfolio and strategy - Marcelle for a permanent full-time position.

Reporting to the Senior Brand Manager - Marcelle, the Assistant Brand Manager, portfolio and strategy - Marcelle must be highly organized, autonomous and creative. She/he will assist in the development of the brand, coordinate and communicate between the different internal and external departments and above all, be a positive and collaborative team player.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Workplace: 5600, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Montreal, Quebec telecommuting and office mode.
- Growing company.
- A dynamic team of professionals.
- Benefits: Competitive base salary and generous benefits package (including flexible hours, medical and dental insurance, pension plan, bonus and holiday vacation).
- Employee discounts on all Marcelle Group products.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE
- Support the Brand Manager - portfolio and strategy in the different strategy of the portfolio.
- Coordinate various projects including the innovation development for our skincare and makeup portfolio(formula approbation, packaging selection, etc.).
- Support, edit and proofread launch material and documents.
- Support in the brief creation for the purchasing team and the Go-to-Market team.
- Create briefs for artworks and collaborate with the Studio team.
- Conduct certain market, competitive and performance analyses of the brand and its products.
- Support in the approbation of preproduction sample (PPS).
- Enter data in PLM.
- Respect the budget, make purchase orders, process invoices and update budgets.
- Support the organization of national sales meetings (marketing, content and logistics) and the playbook.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU IF YOU HAVE
- Bachelor's degree in administration/marketing or communications (an asset).
- 3 to 5 years experience as a marketing assistant or coordinator in the cosmetics or related field.
- Very good knowledge on project management.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Good knowledge of the cosmetics market and industry (a strong asset).

AND IF YOU ARE
- Bilingual, in French and English, both written and oral, as you will be communicating with key players across Canada.
- Able to have an unparalleled attention to detail.
- Organized, autonomous, and able to take initiative.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Team oriented.

The task and responsibilities listed above are summaries and indicatives.

TO APPLY

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Groupe Marcelle wants to offer equal employment opportunities to all. It invites women, members of visible and ethnic minorities, Aboriginals, and persons with disabilities to apply. Groupe Marcelle is also committed to pursuing the integration of diversity and making it a source of enrichment and pride for all its employees.

The use of the masculine gender in this document refers to both men and women.