Junior Brand Manager

About Molton Brown

Born on South Molton Street, London in 1971, Molton Brown is an icon of uniquely British style. Today, Molton Brown is one of the leading global brands in Kao’s global cosmetics portfolio. Growing from small-scale artisans into the international fragrance brand it is today, its pioneering presence is felt in our stores and websites, travel retail, luxury department stores and the most esteemed hotels around the world.

Expertly blended in London, Molton Brown’s signature fragrances, bath and shower gels, home and hand care luxuries have claimed iconic status. Kao and Molton Brown have a passion for integrity, for craftsmanship, for artistry and for giving our consumers the ultimate, quality experience.

The Role: Junior Brand Manager

As the Junior Brand Manager, you will work closely with global Distributor markets to drive and deliver innovative and strategic marketing plans, supporting sales growth and building awareness of Molton Brown, in line with business objectives.

What you will do:

• **Collaborate on International Marketing Strategy:** Act as the primary brand contact for international distributor markets, serving as the daily voice of the brand. Guide distributor brand plans through the trade marketing calendar, ensuring alignment with central brand strategy. Cascade central brand plans to international markets and support the translation of global activations into locally relevant executions. Ensure local market activations align with brand guidelines and best-practice standards.
• **Drive Communication and Insights:** Lead and contribute to monthly and strategic calls, representing both central brand priorities and international market needs. Serve as the voice of international markets back to the central brand team, sharing insights, challenges, and opportunities. Track and manage local market and central budget spend to ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Review, challenge, and refine market plans and activations where necessary to protect brand integrity and effectiveness.
• **Champion Digital and PR Activation:** Drive the Digital and PR activation strategy across international markets, ensuring consistent and effective execution aligned with central brand objectives. Cascade the central digital strategy to international markets and the internal distributor marketing team, supporting its translation to meet local market requirements. Manage the global social media content calendar and cascade plans to international distributor markets and the internal distributor marketing team.
• **Develop Assets and Support Launches:** Brief and coordinate the development of key digital and PR assets for global activations, including e-commerce, social media assets, and press releases. Collaborate with relevant sales representatives and the marketing team to support the launch of new e-commerce channels in international markets.
• **Optimize Processes and Content Management:** Work closely with internal teams to improve processes and ensure timely, accurate, and up-to-date information is consistently shared with international markets. Manage frequent audits of central brand and third-party e-commerce and social media sites to ensure best practice is represented and implemented. Manage the International Distributor section of the CMS (content management system), known as the HUB. Manage Digital and PR content uploads. Collaborate with the other team Junior Brand Manager to communicate HUB Updates to all international markets. Manage setting up and deleting users where applicable.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent Marketing qualification required.
• Minimum one year experience, preferably within a luxury brand business, in a Head Office Marketing or Digital & PR marketing role.
• Experience working with International Markets is an advantage.
• Ability to travel internationally on occasion.

About Kao:

Molton Brown is part of Kao, founded in Japan in 1887. Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values, we pride ourselves on being listed among the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 17 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation and treating each other with trust and respect.

How We Work:

Having been selected among the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 17 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.

What We Offer:

A friendly and flexible work environment with competitive salaries, benefits package, ongoing development, and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao, your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.

Hiring Process:

Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.

Key skills/competency

• Brand Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Digital Marketing
• PR Strategy
• International Markets
• Social Media Management
• Content Management System (CMS)
• Budget Management
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Luxury Brand Experience