NPD Launch Planner - FTC

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the bran­d is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role

Having begun the makeup revolution in the UK in 2013 with record-breaking launches across Selfridges and Net-A-Porter, our revolutionary brand has seen double-digit growth every year and expanded globally. As we continue our global growth, we are building increased infrastructure across all areas of the supply chain.

The Launch Planner enables the interactions between Supply Chain, NPD and all our suppliers and customers by ensuring consistent launches of New Products and managing the end-to-end Supply Chain.

We are looking for someone who has excellent attention to detail, strong administrative skills and real service mindset when it comes to supporting our internal & external stakeholders.

Who you will work with
You will report into the NPD Launch Manager

As NPD Launch Planner you will

• Sole focus on launch will reduce chasing and escalations – One point of contact
• Oversee/follow up NPD critical path & retro-planning (from procurement to delivery into the regions);
• Map out critical path for each project & anticipate risk beforehand .
• Pre-empt any risks and ensure resolution as quickly as possible.
• Responsible for NPD reporting & communication of risks to key stakeholders and wider business.
• Management of NPD sampling activities
• Lead and oversee projects such as Holiday & New Set offering; ensuring the teams are briefed in advance and actions are clear to follow through.
• Stock distribution and allocation s to the regions.
• Work with master data and implement new code creation flow (consider SLAs; month priorities)
• Responsible for product life cycle (and catalogue clean up – e.g. OS; LTD; ONGOING; RENOVATIONS);
• Liaise with the regional teams on all launch related queries (e.g. increases, anticipations to meet regional needs)
• Handover to SP from launch onwards
• Crisis Management – update business on deadlines and maintain confidence

About you

Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements, our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated.

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves.
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you.
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday.
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey.
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all.
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues.
• Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces.
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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