Calling all innovators, disruptors, and dreamers!
Join L’Oréal, the world's #1 beauty company present in over 150 markets. For over 100-years, we’ve been transforming, fueled by data, tech, innovation, and science. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while staying true to our commitments to society and the planet. Do you want to be challenged and developed within your area of expertise? Then you might be just the one we are looking for to strengthen our L'Oréal Consumer Products Division as Business Unit Manager Food, based in Copenhagen.
Your mission...
As Business Unit Manager you will contribute to the Consumer Products Division Business vision by sharing channel perspective, risks and opportunities. You will build the action plan to implement the Division’s commercial and brand strategy in food and discounter stores in Denmark, ensuring excellence in our go to market to reach our market share target. You are responsible for accurate forecasts and the P&L for the channel. You will be managing a dedicated and talented team. The role reports to the Nordics Channel Sales Director of the Consumer Products Division.
You will...
- Manage, coach and develop your team and lead multifunctional teamwork between your team and other departments
- Build and achieve the channel/group of accounts results: turnover, market share and commercial margin (both on- and offline)
- Monitor a retailer-centric account planning process to design a retailer specific business plan where our brands win market shares and ensure a best-in-class instore execution
- Identify new trends and opportunities for business growth and implement action plans
- Create bold plans going all in for incremental opportunities
- Look for continuous improvements and challenge the status quo
Your profile...
- You have 4-5 years’ experience from a similar role (Preferably from the FMCG industry)
- You have the ability to build connections and a network in a matrix organization in order to maximize resources for your clients and projects
- You have a strategic vision and have the courage to challenge the status quo
- You are passionate about consumer insights and how to translate them into business opportunities always with a customer centric mindset leading the future of beauty in the Danish retail environment
- You are a strong leader and communicator, and you know how to make presentations that will involve and engage your audience
- You are a proven self-starter with an operative mind-set. You execute and deliver on your strategy and account plans. You have a hands-on and pro-active approach and want to drive results
- You are fact based, analytical and have complex problem-solving skills
- You thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- You are strong negotiator, experienced within Revenue Growth Management (RGM) and thrive in building long term sustainable business models
We are looking for the Business Unit Manager Food to start as soon as possible. The employment is permanent. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so do not wait to apply! We welcome everyone to apply no matter your gender, ethnicity, physical abilities, age, religion or sexual orientation.
What’s in it for you?
We offer you great level of responsibility from the very start, challenges and opportunities including an individual career plan, coaching leadership, an extensive catalogue of trainings and e-learnings, competitive personnel benefits, modern offices, and a dynamic and international working environment with engaged and skilled colleagues. Our Nordic organization counts close to 1000 employees based in the four Nordic capitals.
Who are we?
Leading the world in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech; we have more than 90K employees across 150 countries on five continents and have a unique international portfolio of 37 brands. The Group generated sales amounting to 41.18 billion euros in 2023, and e-commerce accounted for 28% of the Group’s sales. We push boundaries and move fast globally to stay ahead of the game. As the market leader, we continuously deliver innovation and digital solutions that can bring beauty to all people around the world. L’Oréal truly embraces entrepreneurship, and you’ll have the chance to conceptualize ideas and bring them to life in an agile way not least through continued digital innovation. Your job will be your innovation playground.
What we do at L’Oréal always has a big impact. At L’Oréal, we define success as making a positive, conscious impact. We’ve been recognized as the World's most ethical company in the world by Ethisphere®. For the seventh time in a row, L’Oréal has been recognized as a global leader in sustainable development by the international non-profit organization CDP® in three areas: combating climate change, sustainable management of water, and protecting forests, for the fourth year running. In 2023, L’Oréal was for the 6th consecutive year recognized by the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for having successfully created an inclusive and equal work environment. We believe diversity fosters creativity and accelerates innovation. To ensure that our products meet the needs of every form of beauty in every culture, our team members must be as diverse and inclusive as the world itself. For us, our job is more than just a job, it is about building a better future for others and our planet.
Freedom to Go Beyond. That’s the Beauty of L’Oréal.