Clarins Marketing & Merchandising Specialist
- Location
- Geneva Geneva Switzerland
- Employment
- Temporary
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Merchandising, Buying & Planning
- Posted
- Sep 30, 2026
Clarins Group seeks a Marketing & Merchandising Specialist in Geneva to coordinate Makeup category launches and merchandising execution across Export Europe markets.
Role & Responsibilities
- Contribute to Makeup category strategy for Export Europe by assessing business potential, growth opportunities, and supporting launch ambitions aligned with regional strategy
- Coordinate and monitor forecasts for new launches and promotional activities with headquarters, commercial teams, supply chain, and local distributors
- Support operational execution of Makeup launches across the region, providing markets with assets and guidelines for consistent brand-compliant execution
- Monitor category performance and market feedback to identify opportunities and support strategic recommendations
- Coordinate point-of-sale visualization and soft merchandising, translating marketing strategy into impactful executions
- Support new store openings and refits across the region, coordinating local assortment, planograms, visualization, and brand implementation
- Analyse sales data to recommend optimal assortment and planogram strategies that maximize shelf profitability while ensuring brand portfolio alignment
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in Operational Marketing, Trade Marketing, Category Management, or Merchandising, ideally within Beauty
- Proven experience in launch coordination and operational marketing execution across multiple markets and stakeholders
- Strong understanding of merchandising principles, point-of-sale execution, planograms, and assortment management
- Solid analytical skills with experience in forecasting, sales performance analysis, and category analysis
- Fluent in French and English
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with merchandising or planogram tools (such as IWD) preferred
Skills
Experience
3+ years in operational marketing, trade marketing, category management, or merchandising, preferably in the beauty industry. Prior experience coordinating product launches and managing marketing execution across multiple markets and stakeholders is essential.
Education
Not specified
Workplace
This position is based in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Benefits
Growth opportunities, Learning & Development programs, and an attractive compensation and benefits package
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