Senior Marketing Director - Colour Cosmetics & Mass Fragrance UKI - 7 MONTHS FTC
Coty · London
SENIOR MARKETING DIRECTOR, COLOUR COSMETICS & MASS FRAGRANCE UKI – 7 MONTHS FTC
Hybrid - Wimbledon – 2 to 3 days per week in the office
Fixed Term Contract – 7 months
Lead the strategic direction, commercial performance and long-term growth of Coty’s Colour Cosmetics and Mass Fragrance portfolio across the UK & Ireland. This role drives brand transformation, portfolio performance, consumer engagement and organisational effectiveness across iconic beauty brands, whilst building a future-fit, high-performing marketing organisation that delivers sustainable business results.
THE ROLE
OPTIMIZE, ENABLE, INNOVATE!
As our Senior Marketing Director, Colour Cosmetics & Mass Fragrance UKI, you play a critical role in shaping portfolio strategy, accelerating brand growth, driving commercial performance and transforming marketing capability across some of the UK’s most recognisable beauty brands. You will lead cross-functional collaboration, consumer-centric innovation and organisational excellence to deliver sustainable growth and market leadership.
You will manage some key areas
Portfolio Leadership & Commercial Growth
- Lead the strategic direction and growth agenda for the Colour Cosmetics and Mass Fragrance portfolio, including Rimmel, Max Factor and Sally Hansen.
- Develop and execute long-term portfolio strategies that drive revenue, profitability, market share and brand equity.
- Define and deliver transformational growth plans, including the roadmap to return Rimmel to sustainable growth.
- Drive the successful execution of Max Factor’s brand positioning to strengthen consumer relevance and engagement.
- Ensure resources and investment are prioritised towards the highest-value commercial opportunities.
Marketing Strategy & Consumer Engagement
- Lead integrated, insight-driven marketing strategies across all portfolio brands.
- Oversee media investment, campaign performance and advocacy strategies to maximise business impact.
- Evolve influencer, advocacy and digital engagement approaches to connect with younger and future consumers.
- Ensure excellence in activation across consumer, retailer and omni-channel touchpoints.
- Champion consumer, shopper and market insights to drive strategic decisions and innovation.
Leadership, Capability & Strategic Partnership
- Build and develop a future-ready, high-performing marketing organisation.
- Lead succession planning, capability development and organisational design initiatives.
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Partner with senior leaders across Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Merchandising and Global Marketing functions.
- Influence strategic decision-making and represent marketing at leadership forums and business reviews.
YOU ARE A COTY FIT
As a strategic and commercially driven marketing leader, you thrive in a fast-paced and diverse environment. You are consumer-obsessed, highly collaborative, resilient and passionate about building brands, developing talent and delivering transformational growth.
- Significant senior marketing leadership experience within Beauty, FMCG or Consumer Goods
- Proven track record of delivering sustainable brand and category growth
- Extensive experience managing complex portfolios with full P&L accountability
- Strong strategic planning, commercial and analytical capabilities
- Experience leading large-scale organisational change and transformation
- Proven ability to build, coach and develop high-performing teams
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills within matrix organisations
- Deep understanding of UK retail, shopper and consumer dynamics, ideally across colour cosmetics and fragrance
If you're ready to support and shape the future of beauty, we want you on our team!
WHAT WE OFFER
At Coty, we believe in performance-driven growth - we have a strong track record of accelerating careers, with individuals progressing from an entry level role in Senior Director in under 10 years, and high performers achieving rapid progression through the organisation.
You will also have great benefits package including amongst others, the following:
- A competitive benefits package to support your health, wellbeing and financial security
- Private medical insurance with fast access to specialist and mental health support
- 8% pension fully contributed by Coty
- Life assurance and income protection for added peace of mind
- Flexible hybrid working with our Omni-Working model (up to 50% remote)
- Generous family-friendly policies including enhanced parental leave, birthday leave and volunteering days
- Everyday perks including employee discounts and salary sacrifice schemes
- Opportunities to get involved in DE&I, sustainability and employee-led initiatives
ABOUT US
Our people make us who we are. They are the brightest minds bringing the boldest ideas to life every day. If you're the kind of person who refuses to settle, if you want to think bigger, learn faster and go further than you ever thought possible – we'd love to hear from you.
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