Job description
Role Overview
Vice President โ Regional Beauty Brands at Chalhoub Group. This role drives growth and strategy across a portfolio of regional beauty brands, with accountability for acquisitions, business development, and long-term financial performance.
Company Overview
Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East for over seven decades. The Group operates as a hybrid luxury retailer with a curated portfolio of over 10 owned brands and distribution expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. The Group employs over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in Latin America. Chalhoub Group has earned Great Place to Workยฎ certification in several markets and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Group is a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles, and has pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040. The Greenhouse serves as the Group's innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses regionally and globally.
Role Purpose
To drive growth across a varied portfolio of beauty brands by identifying new opportunities, leading acquisitions, and shaping the strategic and financial direction of the businesses. The role requires strong leadership across brand management, business acquisition, strategy, financial planning, and talent development, with clear focus on long-term growth aligned to the Group's vision.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Business Development
- Lead and oversee all business plans and strategies for new brand acquisitions, ensuring successful integration and long-term growth.
- Work closely with the Strategy and Business Development teams on business acquisition opportunities to grow the Group's portfolio.
- Build and nurture long-term strategic partnerships with brand principals.
- Partner closely with relevant departments to drive business development and brand acquisition from scouting, filtering, and negotiation through to price structuring, contracting, and launch.
- Develop and implement strategy for the group of brands by defining vision and setting financial and operational KPIs.
Operations & Performance Management
- Act as a strategic consultant to local operating teams, ensuring they are empowered to manage day-to-day operations while you focus on strengthening strategic partnerships, overseeing overall financial health, and driving business consolidation.
- Oversee the brands' omnichannel strategies, budgets, P&L, and performance targets whilst ensuring alignment with the Group's objectives.
- Monitor key business KPIs and performance metrics.
Leadership & Talent Development
- Build and manage high-performing teams by coaching, mentoring, and ensuring they have clear development plans in place.
Qualifications & Experience
- 15+ years in the beauty industry, ideally with strong omnichannel exposure; candidates from FMCG or luxury fashion, jewellery, and eyewear will also be considered.
- Track record of building and negotiating brand partnerships, with the presence and credibility to operate at VP level.
- Regional and/or international brand-building experience.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field; MBA or equivalent preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong commercial and financial acumen; comfortable building business plans, purchase plans, and reading P&L performance.
- Sharp strategic thinking, paired with composure and negotiation skill to close complex deals.
- Excellent leadership skills, with experience building and developing high-performing teams.
- Exceptional stakeholder management with ability to build trust easily across both external brand partners and internal teams.
Additional Information
- Willingness and flexibility to travel across the region.
- Competitive benefits package includes healthcare, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies, and exclusive employee discounts.
- Learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within the role or through internal mobility.
- Chalhoub Group welcomes all applicants and ensures equal opportunity without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin, or disability status.