Our client is a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate, looking for his/her Brand General Manager (Cosmetics) for the Indonesian Market.

In this position you will report to the Regional Brand General Manager, SEA and you will manage direct reports: Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, Education Manager, Visual Merchandising Manager, Business Controller, Brand Executive/Assistant.

Mission

• Day-to-day management of the Indonesia Market
• Recruit & Manage a local team comprising of Marketing, Education, Retail & Visual Merchandising functions
• Full P&L responsibility

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Local Market

• Manage the go-to-market transition from a distributor model to a joint venture subsidiary.
  
• Manage the local market activities (Department Stores + Boutiques) of the Indonesia market: - Design, implement & execute marketing plans & going to anchor the brand as the leading alternative make up brand in the market
  - Design, implement and execute an ambitious retail strategy, mostly based on profitable free-standing Boutiques

• Recruit & manage a strong team to build & execute strong plans to accelerate the retail sales growth of the brand in the Indonesia market
• Identify, negotiate & secure excellent standalone retail locations in line with the brand image & strategy to expand the brand’s network of boutiques in Indonesia in a profitable manner
• Establish solid financial (=profitable) management through a close collaborations with the JV entity and the Brand Regional Office.

P&L Responsibility

• Exceed established 3-year plan’s objectives 
• Elaborate & deliver ambitious budgets & budget revisions which optimize resource utilization

• Total of at least 10 years 'experience and a minimum of 5 years in a Management position
• 5 – 7 years’ experience in the cosmetics industry, with experience in both sales marketing
• University graduate in business or MBA
• Fluent in English
• An experience in cosmetics will be an asset
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Strong interpersonal and diplomatic skills
• Focused, efficient, skilled in transversal projects and multitask environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Able to work in multicultural environment
• Excellent time management
• Demanding and paying attention to the details
• Brand and commercial sensitivity
• Team player with strong leadership
• Enthusiastic and dynamic, able to convery a team spirit
• Responsible, loyal, humble
• Willing to learn and take on new challenges
• Open-minded

Note that only short-listed candidates will be notified. Thank you for your understanding.