- Location
- Paris Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- Creative, Design & Styling
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
About Kendo
Kendo is a dynamic beauty brand incubator within the LVMH family, renowned for creating and scaling distinctive names that shape contemporary prestige beauty. Since its founding in 2010, the company has combined entrepreneurial agility with the resources and standards of a global luxury group, fostering brands such as Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Ole Henriksen, and KVD Beauty. As an employer, Kendo offers an inventive, fast-moving environment where creativity, commercial rigor, inclusivity, and digital fluency converge. Its teams are encouraged to challenge convention, build culturally resonant products, and contribute to a portfolio defined by innovation, authenticity, and global ambition.
Kendo seeks a Senior Brand Manager for Fenty Beauty in Paris to lead European brand activation, assortment strategy, pricing, retailer listings, forecasting, 360° launches, budget oversight, and performance reporting. The role manages three people, reports to the Brand & Marketing Director, and serves as the key liaison between European markets and the San Francisco headquarters; it is a permanent, full-time position.
Role & Responsibilities
- Define the brand activation strategy across Europe.
- Manage the product assortment, including optimizing the European assortment strategy with the Visual Merchandising Manager, recommending pricing strategy, securing product listings with retailers, and forecasting with Supply teams.
- Execute 360° product launches across Europe, including direct management of brand visibility across touchpoints such as brick-and-mortar, online, and CRM.
- Coordinate marketing, retail, and training plans with the relevant teams.
- Manage the sampling plan.
- Act as a key brand contact internally and with Global teams.
- Manage and monitor the budget.
- Develop tools, analyze sales performance, and prepare reports.
- Monitor competitors.
- Manage a team of three.
- Serve as the primary liaison between markets and the San Francisco headquarters.
Qualifications
- Higher education qualification at Bac+5 level, specializing in Marketing or Communications.
- More than 7 years of experience, including project management for a brand or working alongside a retailer.
- Solid experience managing 360° projects and prior team management experience.
- Fluent English is required for daily communication with contacts in Europe and the United States.
- Ideally, experience in an international environment.
Skills
Experience
More than 7 years of experience, including project management for a brand or working alongside a retailer.
Education
Higher education qualification at Bac+5 level, specializing in Marketing or Communications.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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Culture
Kendo offers a fast-moving, entrepreneurial culture where brand builders, creatives, and beauty experts collaborate to develop distinctive global beauty brands. As part of the LVMH ecosystem, it combines the agility of an independent incubator with the standards, resources, and international perspective of a luxury group. The environment values innovation, inclusivity, commercial excellence, and hands-on ownership at every level.
About Cerulean
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