As we continue our mission to becoming the worlds most loved beauty destination, our focus on category-specific education is stronger than ever!
We are looking for an Education Category Manager - Fragrance, Hair & Body to join our MECCAversity (internal learning & development team) on a 12-month fixed term contract!
The Role You Could Play
Day to day, you will partner with the MECCAversity Category Strategy Manager- to bring game-changing education initiatives to life that will ultimately driveour most upcoming growth areas for the business, Hair, Body & Fragrance!
You’ll work closely with your category peers from across the business to bring our teams the most innovative, informative, and inspiring digital and in person educational content to help us deliver on our strategic objectives and support category growth.
You’ll also lead your high-performing team of Category Education Leads to develop, grow and share knowledge and skills with our Fragrance Specialists.
Your day-to-day will also include:
1. Building strong relationships with our brands and internal stakeholders to develop and lead strong ways of working to support MECCAversity initiatives
2. Driving communication and planning with brand partners to ensure all learning content is strategic and reflective of the brand management model
3. Coordinate and resource the design and build of all education content for the fragrance, hair and body category, including final sign off and quality control
4. Overseeing all fragrance, hair & body education content and ensuring it is effective in supporting MECCA’s objectives and initiatives by continuously measuring feedback and engagement
5. Partnering with the People and Education Team to create education and engagement initiatives that help us attract and retain talent incategory retail roles
6. Provide subject matter expertise to assist planning for events, marketing, content, new concepts and PR initiatives
7. Participating in customer and media facing events as talent
8. Partnering with the services team to build protocols for new service pilots, as well as driving continuous improvement and updates for existing service certifications
What You Will Bring
Aside from your demonstrated category expertise, paramount to your success is your excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships, work collaboratively and influence decision making.
You will not only demonstrate a genuine passion for all things fragrance, hair and body,you will also demonstrate the following:
9. An extensive understanding of beauty products and application techniques (experience working with the luxury fragrance sector highly desirable)
10. Well-honed rapport-building and interpersonal skills as a master relationship-builder with leading global brands
11. Previous team leadership experience, inspiring and engaging a high performing team (preferably previous line management responsibilities)
12. Strong organisational skills, and the ability to manage own workload, goal setting, planning and deliver on budget commitments
13. Has strong problem-solving skills and drive for continuous improvement
14. Has strong business acumen including understanding of KPIs and other performance metrics
15. Has advanced skills with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel.
Your life at MECCA
Whilst we are singularly focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn’t be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!
Some of our other team member benefits include:
16. Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering
17. Health and well-being initiatives
18. Reward and recognition programs
19. Access to bonus and incentive programs
20. Quarterly product allowance
21. Unlimited 40% discount
There are also so many other ways in which you’ll be made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way.
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