Description
*This role is for University students looking for a 12-month placement during their sandwich/placement year*
Location: Holborn (Hybrid)
Length: 12-month Industrial Placement
Closing Date: 19th February 2025
Who we are…
Elida Beauty is a Global Personal Care Business. We proudly support and nurture our portfolio of iconic brands globally. Our ambition is to remix classic beauty brands for a new generation, making them even bigger beauty hits than they were the first time around, to drive accelerated growth and value creation. Driven by creativity and agility, we unleash the true potential of beloved brands, ‘Re-Founding’ them using a start-up mentality that always ‘finds a way’. Elida Beauty is a part of the Yellow Wood Partners portfolio of companies, a private equity company that invests exclusively in the consumer industry.
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*Please Note: This job advert includes descriptions for 2 different roles: Account Executive and Category and Commercial. Please read the job description carefully as you will be asked to select which one you're interested in during your application.*
Job Role: Account Executive Industrial Placement
Role & Responsibilities
As an Account Executive Industrial Placement student you will be reporting into the Channel Controller; you’ll support in driving the strategic direction and growth of the Elida Beauty Value Channel in the UK. Your role will include supporting existing customer accounts and the development of new business opportunities within the channel. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including marketing, customer-facing, finance, and supply chain, to ensure the successful execution of projects that contribute to our long-term growth vision.
Responsibilities
External Engagement:
- Help build relationships with retailers beyond just the buying teams.
- Support in the execution of JBP’s, adapting strategies as needed.
- Engage in volume planning and manage trade spend effectively.
- Ensure all retailer admin is completed in full and in a timely manner.
Internal Support:
- Analyse promotional/EPOS outcomes to inform future strategies.
- Participate in sales forecasting processes.
- Monitor and report on sales data, customer contribution, and market share.
Stakeholder Interaction:
Internal: Work with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Finance teams.
External: Engage with partners like Poundland, B&M and Clearance houses.
What We’re Looking For:
- Currently enrolled in a degree program; preferably in Business, Sales or Marketing.
- Interest sales or customer management.
- Basic understanding of sales targets and margin goals.
- Good interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Eagerness to learn about negotiation and business development.
- Interest in or knowledge of the beauty & personal care industry.
- Someone with a proactive attitude & drive to achieve results.
- A keen learner; curious about customer needs.
- Team-oriented with positive outlook on challenges.
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Job Role: Category & Commercial Industrial Placement
Role & Responsibilities
Insights & Analytics
- Assist in category brand performance reporting & analysis
- Assist Shopper Insight projects
- Analysis of sales data
Strategy & Vision
- Assist monitoring changes
- Assist key accounts team
- Assist category range reviews
Operations
- Supporting team lead finance
- Activity planning
Other day-to-day ad hoc as required by team lead
What We’re Looking For:
Candidates taking Business Economics Management Finance or Accounting modules within their degrees are preferred
Analytical numeric skills strong attention to detail
Self-starter attitude take ownership initiative
Able to work independently minimum supervision
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Good working knowledge Microsoft Excel PowerPoint
A willingness learn/be trained category management skills/programmes
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Join us…
To breathe new life into iconic brands. Embark on a transformational journey. Act with a Re-founder mindset.
Our Mission
We are committed to revolutionizing our manufacturing packaging distribution processes benefit our people planet. Our re-mixes democratize beauty ensuring products cater all skin types hair textures. We want everyone on beauty dance floor.
Diversity at Elida Beauty
Diversity at Elida Beauty is about inclusion embracing differences creating possibilities growing together better business performance. We embrace diversity workforce giving full fair consideration all applicants continuing development employees regardless age disability gender reassignment race religion belief sex sexual orientation marriage civil partnership pregnancy maternity.
Excited about The Role?
Please apply online. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements we will be touch provide update status your application.