Now Hiring - DECIEM - Manufacturing Key Account Manager, The Ordinary in New York, NY

WHAT ON EARTH IS DECIEM?

Known as “The Abnormal Beauty Company”, DECIEM is the parent company of The Ordinary, NIOD, Avestan, and other beauty brands & is an industry disruptor with a science first approach to innovation. DECIEM was Co-Founded in 2013 by the late Brandon Truaxe, a visionary who set out to change the beauty industry through authenticity and transparency. He developed DECIEM to be a happy family (of people and beauty brands), rooted in kindness, creativity, diversity, and respect, alongside Co-Founder and CEO, Nicola Kilner.

We are growing rapidly and we’re looking for someone who shares this vision and wants to grow with us!

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Key Account Manager who can lead the respective key accounts within the DECIEM business by developing strategic and promotional plans that maximize brand accessibility, profitability, and communication with respective market partners, while ensuring alignment in territory goals and budgets.

This role will be based out of our New York Office.

Salary: $85,000 - $110,000 a year

WHAT YOU’D BE DOING IN THIS ROLE

• Oversee sales forecasting, consistently monitoring shipments, changes in product availability, proactively identifying OOS product risks or up ticks in demand and manage non-productive inventory
• Build strong, positive, and collaborative relationships with external counterparts (merchandising, marketing, planning, dot com) while developing strategies to sustainably increase revenue
• Input to business planning for sales targets, stock volume, and launch activities to guide Commercial strategy
• Track, analyze and recap the business performance and opportunities on bi-weekly, quarterly and annual basis
• Partner with internal counterparts and the Head of Partnerships to cascade strategy when applicable
• Work closely with internal cross-functional departments including: Design, Retail, Retail Operations, L&D, Supply, Logistics, PR / Comms and Digital to help aid brand awareness and education
• Develop and manage a robust education + sampling plan to engage loyalty program members
• Collaborate with leadership on feedback, sales analysis, key business planning initiatives, and strategy to equip field sales team with the necessary reporting and tools to successfully increase B+M sell-through
• Attend regular internal meetings to represent Partnerships function within DECIEM providing sales specific insight to internal cross-functional partners and presenting

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE

• Experience working in a corporate beauty, brand directly with key accounts
• Strong problem solver and negotiator, with the ability to take ownership
• Strategic thinker, with extensive ability to operationalize, leveraging excellence in time management, demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, managing conflicting priorities and tight deadlines in an unstructured environment
• Excellent organization skills and demonstrate accuracy and detail-orientation is a must
• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills both written and oral with the ability to work with all levels of staff and management across various departments
• 2 + years of people management and/or leadership experience is required

WHAT YOU’LL BE GAINING BY JOINING OUR TEAM

There’s a lot of good stuff that comes along with being a DECIEM team member. Here’s a few of our favourite perks and benefits, in no particular order…

• Generous Vacation & Personal Days, plus additional time off for volunteering in your community, voting, peaceful protesting, celebrating your birthday, and more.
• 6 months of paid time off for new parents (inclusive of all genders).
• Work from anywhere 4 weeks per year.
• A hybrid work model (for applicable roles).
• Summer Friday’s - get off at 1pm all summer long! (for applicable roles).
• A dog-friendly office (and lots of cute dogs to play with).
• Unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Program that includes mental health care, mindfulness programs, and more.
• Access to Development Grants & a LinkedIn Learning membership to help you keep growing and learning.
• A generous discount on DECIEM products for you, your family, and your friends.
  
  

BUILDING GROWTH TO POWER GOOD

We are a People first company that lives by our core values to…

• Do the right thing
• Create impact
• Respect small things
• ❤️ Care too much
• Be the future

These values continue to guide us in all that we do. Along the way, we’ve been honoured to win some pretty incredible awards, including a CEW Achiever Award, Best Skincare Brand at Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards, and Most Popular Sustainable Brand by The Cosmetify Index Global. We’re still blushing!

SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT

DECIEM’s objective is to build growth and do good things while prioritizing people, animals, and the Earth.

Our Sustainability strategy is focused on fighting climate change, improved waste management, responsible packaging, responsible sourcing and product lifecycle, and water conservation.

In 2020, DECIEM established the Good Fund to support both large and grassroots charities in response to global events.

CREATING A HUMAN WORLD OF BEAUTY

DECIEM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by creating meaningful, measurable change in the lives of our team members and in the communities where we operate. Achieving equality is critical to DECIEM and our future. You can learn more about our DEI commitment in our open letter, "Commit to Change, Change will Come".

DECIEM is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on age, colour, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and any other legally protected class in accordance with applicable federal, provincial and local laws. We are also committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you are contacted to be part of our recruitment process and require accommodation, please let us know.

WANT TO JOIN US?

Thank you for reading the whole thing! If you liked what you heard, kindly send us your resume. We really appreciate your effort in applying for this position. However, only those who have been shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. <3

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