Key Account Assistant

We are looking for a Key Account Manager Assistant

Do you want to be a part of orchestrating how some of the strongest luxury beauty brands in the world are sold? Do you have a strong eye for detail? Then you might be our next Key Account Manager Assistant to our Commercial Division based in Carlsbergbyen, Copenhagen.

Estée Lauder Companies at a glance

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, MAC, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD BEAUTY, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart , and the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD.

The Role

The role as Key Account Manager Assistant is to support one of our Key Account Managers being responsible for some of our most important and valued retail partners. You will be working with a broad portfolio of global brands, and you will be based in our Nordic head office in Copenhagen.

Your key mission is to assist the Key Account Manager to make sure that we drive growth through a strong and trusting relationship with retail partners. You may be at the beginning of your career, and you are now eager to learn and build your professional profile, or you are a profile that thrives in working with sales and the coordination of many stakeholders and wants to take on more responsibilities. You are disciplined and deliver on time, and you are driven to see your work paying off in terms of retailer satisfaction, brilliant execution and successful sales results. The scope of this role can be wide and for the right person there are possibilities to develop and take on new responsibilities and challenges to further expand your knowledge within Key Account Management.

Your Key Responsibilities

More specifically, you will be supporting with:

• Preparing trade plans and new product launches
• Creating proposals on sell-in volumes of new products based on analysis and benchmarks
• Submitting correct master data to our retail partners, such as prices, assortments and launch dates
• Being on top of price lists, planograms and return lists etc.
• Analyzing and reporting on product launches and other commercial initiatives
• Following up on orders and making sure that everything is on track
• Keeping all retailer deadlines in collaboration with Sales Analyst and Brand Teams

Your Qualifications

• Well-organized and structured
• Fast learner and self-motivated
• Service-oriented, thriving on delivering everything on time and in full
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Able to analyze data and sales statistics and draw conclusions
• Superior MS Excel skills. Knowledge of SAP is a plus
• Superior Power Point skills considered as a plus
• Master’s degree in business administration, sales, finance or similar

Your Personality

• You have a positive, problem-solving attitude
• You are able to embrace ambiguity
• You are analytical and have a keen attention to detail
• You are service-minded

What We Offer

You will become part of an effective, fast-paced and passionate KAM team based in our Nordic head office in Carlsberg Byen with the possibility of a hybrid working model. We offer an exciting opportunity to join a global company with a strong heritage within an innovative and growing industry, including:

• Attractive & competitive Compensation Package including attractive Health Insurance Benefits
• A hybrid working model with the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week
• Market Competitive Pension Package
• 30 days of vacation
• Wide variety of Social Office Events
• Social Networks and Global ERGs (Employee Resource Groups)
• Generous Staff Discounts on products

Who we are

We are the global leader in prestige beauty — delighting consumers with transformative products and experiences, inspiring them to express their individual beauty. In fact, we are the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skin care, fragrance and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25 brands sold in approximately 150 countries and territories. Infused throughout our organization is a passion for creativity and innovation — a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected — as we continue the bold work of our founder Estée Lauder.

Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in the core of everything we do

Estee Lauder Companies is an equal opportunities employer. As part of our ID&E, we provide local development training such as identifying unconscious bias in workplace settings and how to counteract them through annual sessions in the Nordics.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Next Step

We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis. Preferred start date is as soon as possible.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.