Clinique Senior Growth and Planning Manager

About Clinique

Clinique, founded in 1968 and part of The Estée Lauder Companies, is a pioneering prestige beauty brand built on dermatologist-developed skincare, rigorous testing, and a promise of effective, individualized care. As an employer, Clinique offers professionals the opportunity to contribute to a globally respected house where science, service, and innovation meet. Its teams are united by a commitment to skin expertise, inclusive beauty, and trusted client relationships, whether in retail, education, marketing, product development, or corporate functions. Employees join a culture that values precision, learning, collaboration, and the confidence that comes from helping people achieve healthy, radiant skin.

Role & Responsibilities

• Support the Brand VP or GM, and the Growth and Planning Director when relevant, in defining regional growth ambitions, plans, go-to-market and channel choices, including innovation and building blocks.
• Support regional marketing calendar priorities based on global strategy and regional growth plans, including online priorities.
• Define assortment choices and channel differentiation strategies to maximize commercial opportunities.
• Ensure demand planning sufficiency and robustness by providing strategic market insights to the Demand Planning team.
• Support reconciliation of RS/SP/LE.
• Review and challenge affiliate New Product Launch (NPL) forecasts for key “5-star” programs to ensure realistic and impactful plans.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain on stock arbitration to balance supply constraints and market priorities.
• Coordinate visual merchandising (VM) decisions with the RDDC team to ensure consistent and impactful retail execution.
• Ensure operational alignment across brands, demand planning and supply chain teams.
• Prepare content for monthly IBP with the Brand VP or GM, and the Growth and Planning Director when relevant, including selection of key topics.
• Coordinate the IBP process with regional stakeholders, including Finance and Supply Chain.

Qualifications

• Experience in the luxury cosmetics or beauty industry.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking, with a broad view of the business, market and consumer landscape.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build strong cross-functional relationships.
• Expertise in multi-market and international marketing environments.
• Commercial experience.
• Experience in budget planning, forecasting and performance analysis.
• Experience in product marketing and/or online management.
• Results-driven, with a bias for action and excellence in execution.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, with creative and innovative problem-solving abilities.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

Skills

Culture

Clinique fosters a science-led, service-oriented workplace where teams are encouraged to combine dermatological expertise with empathy and personalized care. As part of a global prestige beauty environment, the brand values inclusivity, continuous learning, and high standards of professionalism, empowering employees to help clients feel confident in their skin.

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