Americas Local Development Junior Manager

About Dolce & Gabbana Beauty

Dolce & Gabbana Beauty, a division of the renowned Italian luxury fashion house established in 1985, was launched in 2022. The division is devoted to crafting fragrances, makeup, and skincare collections that reflect the brand's unique style, creativity, and heritage. Their goal is to establish a robust and sustainable beauty business by blending luxury, innovation, and excellence across diverse markets and channels.

Role Overview

The Americas Local Development Junior Manager will facilitate the strategy and oversee comprehensive project management for localized market initiatives, retailer-specific opportunities, and commercial enhancement projects across the US, Latin America (LATAM), and Travel Retail Americas (TRA) regions.

This position concentrates on discerning commercial business requirements, formulating local development approaches, and managing projects from concept creation through execution. The key initiatives, both saleable and non-saleable, may involve exclusive retailer products, special sets, gift-with-purchase campaigns, branded bags, packaging additions, localized marketing tools, promotional activations, and other projects that elevate consumer engagement and support sales growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in strategizing and managing local development projects throughout the Americas, emphasizing the US, LATAM, and TRA markets.
• Identify retailer-specific commercial opportunities that drive growth, enhance brand presence, and distinguish the brand at points of sale.
• Participate in developing customized concepts for significant retailers such as Sephora, Ulta, Macy’s, department stores, distributors, and LATAM markets.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to implement value-added initiatives that strengthen partnerships and facilitate improved sell-in.
• Collect and analyze market, retailer, and internal feedback to uncover opportunities based on trends, priorities, and portfolio needs.
• Lead the development of retailer-exclusive products and local activations including limited editions, gift-with-purchase items, bags, and promotional tools from conception to launch.
• Enhance strategic product launches and animations by integrating unique local elements in cooperation with internal teams.
• Ensure consistency of all local initiatives with the Dolce & Gabbana Beauty brand’s luxury standards and visual identity.
• Manage comprehensive project timelines and coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure execution aligns with business goals.
• Maintain adherence to brand guidelines and secure necessary approvals in collaboration with global teams.
• Develop presentations, summarize projects, prepare launch documentation, and provide internal updates related to local development initiatives.
• Monitor initiative performance, assess commercial impact, and analyze deviations from targets.
• Support budget management alongside Finance, Supply Chain, and Brand Marketing by tracking costs and investments tied to local projects.

Qualifications and Experience

• 3 to 5 years’ experience in marketing, trade marketing, product development, local market development, retail marketing, or related fields, ideally within beauty, luxury, fashion, or consumer goods industries.
• In-depth understanding of retailer requirements, commercial activations, and point-of-sale execution primarily in the US market; experience in LATAM and Travel Retail Americas (TRA) is advantageous.
• Proven experience in supporting retailer-specific initiatives like exclusive products, special sets, gift-with-purchase offers, promotional tools, local animations, and packaging enhancements.
• Exceptional project management capabilities with aptitude for coordinating multiple projects, stakeholder relationships, and competing priorities.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to align local development projects to overall business goals, sales performance, and targets.
• Fluency in Spanish is mandatory.