Associate Director, Online Threat Intelligence
Control Risks
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead the creation and delivery of retailer strategies that align with regional commercial objectives and strengthen Huda Beauty’s market position
- Develop excellent relationships with retail partners, ensuring all opportunities to promote the brand are maximized
- Oversee and optimize sales performance, target achievement, demand forecasting, and inventory management to drive sustainable growth and ensure operational efficiency.
- Own forecasting, financial management, and full accountability for P&L delivery across each APAC market, ensuring profitability and alignment with regional objectives.
- Manage new clients and commercial relationships, including execution of tactical commercial deals
- Ensure adequate stock coverage for all products through forecasting accuracy and quota management working closely with the demand planning team
- Assist in net sales management, consistently monitoring shipments, changes in product availability, proactively identify OOS product risks or up ticks in demand and manage product discontinuation/phase outs to minimize non-productive inventory
- Work collaboratively with the General Manager to proactively suggest specific approaches to drive APAC localization e.g. Product, Pricing, go to market strategy
- Partner closely with Finance to execute promotional strategy & eliminate excess stock
- Overseeing human resource management, incorporating recruitment and assessment of the Regional field team
- Optimize BA productivity through KPI setting and implementation of an incentive program working closely with the BAs and field team, as well as closely monitoring BA ROI
- Work closely with PR, Trade Marketing, Training and VM to ensure effective execution of marketing plan across the region
- Work closely with compliance team to ensure all regulatory requirements are in place in a timely manner
- Ensuring Huda Beauty has exposure and maximum visibility in new launches and product focus
- Ensure consistency of HB image is maintained across the region
- Liaise with Education Manager to ensure training plans are aligned with brand objectives
- Monitoring Huda Beauty positioning in the market vs competition
- Support any ad-hoc project as required by the business
Requirements
- 6+ years experience in commercial management in SEA (beauty and/or luxury experience)
- Strong beauty/makeup industry knowledge is essential (locally, regionally and globally)
- Proven success in sales and/or marketing, as well as evidence of the ability to manage relationships with key clients and stakeholders
- Strong working knowledge of metrics to monitor the performance of commercial activities, reporting results to senior management.
- Strategic development and critical thinking skills needed to assist in setting financial targets, developing budgets, and monitoring compliance
- Excellent relational skills, working tirelessly to build and maintain beneficial partnerships with key stakeholders.
- Solid knowledge of forecasting, performance reporting and financial/budgeting processes including P&L management
- Excellent instincts and commercial awareness coupled with a strategic mindset
- Excellent team player
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluent in English (in addition other language(s) will be an advantage)
