Temporary- Associate Manager, Brand Operations (Finance)
Job Description
ABOUT KENDO
Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.
Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:
- "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
- Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
- Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
- Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
- Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.
The salary range for this position is $40.00 - $45.00 per hour based upon a San Francisco location.
The Brand Operations team is dedicated to ensuring that we execute our product strategies globally. By streamlining and reimagining our ways of working, we enable our Fenty Brands to improve profitability and drive growth through best-in-class process management.
The Temporary Associate Manager, Brand Ops role will support all Fenty Brands (Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Hair, Fenty Fragrance). They will report to the Director, Brand Ops and will focus on execution excellence across Fenty's best in class processes. The ideal candidate is a great collaborator, who is a quick learner and eager, and not afraid to roll up their sleeves and take on new challenges in this temporary assignment. They will be inspired by the possibility of "what could be" at Kendo!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Project manage key business driving processes across all Fenty Brands, including managing timelines, milestone meetings, & communicating to key stakeholders
- Processes include, but are not limited to: Pricing, Sampling, & Product Lifecycle Management
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to successfully implement projects and initiatives for the brand, ensuring all key processes are executed on time
- Manage the Global Brand Operations Calendar, informing cross functional teams of upcoming milestones
- Support Director of Brand Operations to drive profit within each brand, including vendor relationships, strategic insights, and profit driving projects
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
- 3+ years' experience in an operational role with PM experience, ideally in a CPG environment
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Previous exposure to Process Improvement and Project Management a strong plus
- Highly detail oriented
- Excellent communicator and team player; able to build strong partnerships with global brand, sales, operations, and merchandise planning. Prior experience is a highly cross-functional role is strongly desired.
- Excellent in using Excel
- Thrives in an environment that is fast-paced, rapidly changing, and client service-oriented
