Monday, May 25, 2009

International Channel Planner: Bare Escentuals (San Francisco, CA)

About Us

Bare Escentuals, Inc. is one of the fastest growing prestige cosmetic companies in the United States and a leader in mineral-based cosmetics. We utilize a distinctive marketing strategy and multi-channel distribution model to develop, market and sell cosmetics, skin care, and body care products under its bareMinerals, RareMinerals and namesake Bare Escentuals brands, and professional skin care products under its md formulations brand through infomercials, home shopping television, specialty beauty retailers, company-owned boutiques, spas and salons, and online shopping.

Why Join Us?
  • Bare Escentuals is one of the fastest growing cosmetics companies in the US. We offer rapid career-advancement opportunities. We foster internal promotion. We have remarkable products, a strong reputation, and a loyal and established consumer base.
  • bareMinerals is the #1-selling mineral makeup brand in the world.
  • Bare Escentuals is one of the premier national beauty infomercials.
  • Bare Escentuals offers excellent health benefits.
  • Bare Escentuals is an energetic, dynamic, and FUN company.


International Channel Planner

This position will be responsible for managing and forecasting sales demand (both top-line and by SKU) for specific high-volume, high-growth sales channels. The candidate must be an excellent communicator and self-starter responsible for planning, forecasting and collaborating to drive the business to achieve sales, inventory and margin goals.

Primary Responsibilities
  • Analyze historical sales trends and future business drivers to create accurate top-line and SKU forecasts.
  • Manage reconciliation of tops-down targets and bottoms-up plans.
  • Ensure timely reaction to changes in business with appropriate shifts in plans and timely communication to partners.
  • Identify and communicate business risks and opportunities to maximize sales, profitability and inventory turn objectives.
  • Recap performance drivers and issues in a clear, timely manner to all appropriate team members, with solutions and impact highlighted.
  • Present plans and recommendations to direct manager and business partners in a persuasive, thoughtful manner in order to achieve agreement between all partners.
  • Work closely with internal partners to develop best practices to ensure seamless workflow and execution.


Job Qualifications
  • BA/BS degree plus minimum of 2-3 years previous industry experience.
  • Must have experience in SKU-level planning processes and systems.
  • Must have a clear understanding of basic financial & inventory measures: sales, gross margin, weeks on hand / weeks of supply, etc and how to maximize them.
  • Should possess strong analytical, organizational and communication skills.
  • Must be able to clearly present and support business strategies
  • Able to work independently as well as with a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Able to act as change-agent to ensure best practices are being created and implemented in order to positively impact business results.
  • Possess exceptional Microsoft Excel skills and an affinity for working with online systems.
  • Must have ability to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
  • Must be flexible and adaptive to changing priorities.
  • Must be resourceful and self-motivated.
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