Job Description
Location
Auckland City, Auckland
Full job description
Why this role matters
This is your chance to shape the future of the Pierre Fabre agency portfolio. In this pivotal role, you'll take the reins of dynamic marketing initiatives, ensuring every campaign embodies our prestigious global brand standards. You'll drive long-term growth through strategic planning, smart budget forecasting, and by uncovering fresh opportunities to expand our portfolio. If you're passionate about elevating brands and making a tangible impact on scale and efficiency, this is where your expertise will truly shine.
More about the brands:
Avène is a French skincare brand focused on sensitive and reactive skin, using Avène Thermal Spring Water in its gentle, hypoallergenic, and fragrance-free products. Their range includes cleansers, moisturizers, serums, and masks targeting issues like dryness, redness, acne, and aging.
Klorane is a French botanical haircare brand that uses plant-based ingredients to address specific hair concerns. They offer shampoos, conditioners, and other products, with a strong focus on natural ingredients, sustainable sourcing, and scientific research.
What you'll do
Set the strategic vision and drive dynamic trade execution plans for each brand, making sure they shine in the market exactly as intended by our global standards.
Craft and steer long-range plans and forecasts for budgets, procurement, and production, with sharp monthly analyses to keep us on track and exceeding targets.
Take P&L ownership for your brands, developing long-term strategies and tightly managing advertising and promotional spend.
Seek out exciting opportunities to grow our portfolio, boosting scale and efficiency through inspirational leadership and smart P&L management.
Coach and uplift your team of 3, offering regular feedback and tackling tough situations early to maintain a high-performing, energised environment.
Bring consumer marketing plans to life, ensuring every campaign hits its mark.
Lead the charge on bringing innovative products to market.
Negotiate impactful marketing activities and co-op spend with key accounts, underpinned by solid risk analysis.
Nurture a strong relationship with our global agency partner, ensuring their objectives land powerfully in the market.
Oversee and sign off brand advertising and promotional budgets, flagging risks and steering corrective action to keep us on course.
Shape compelling media plans and continually assess promotions and advertising to drive even better results.
Build trusted partnerships with advertising, media, PR, and other external agencies.
Keep forecasting and stock management sharp to ensure financial targets are met.
Align supply seamlessly with promotional bursts and consumer campaigns, keeping everything running like clockwork.
What you'll bring
You'll bring 5-10 years' experience in the fast-paced world of consumer healthcare OTC or FMCG, paired with hands-on P&L responsibility and a strong track record of writing compelling strategic plans.
Skilled at steering advertising campaigns and delivering major launches, you'll also have experience managing the marketing components of nutraceutical NPD.
A confident people leader, you know how to coach and inspire a team to excel.
You'll hold a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Marketing (or similar), and be a sharp negotiator with a knack for building influence at every level, both inside and outside the organisation.
With a keen strategic mindset, you see the big picture and transform data and market insights into robust, actionable plans.
You've got an instinct for spotting opportunities—whether it's new products, channels, or fresh ways to grow—and a strong financial orientation coupled with meticulous attention to detail.
Above all, you're a natural leader with exceptional interpersonal skills who thrives on making things happen.
Why join us?
Award-winning culture - Join a team that's genuinely a great place to work (and we've got the awards to prove it).
Career growth - We're big on developing our people and promoting from within.
Extra leave - After six years with us, you'll get five weeks of annual leave.
Parental perks - Get 16 weeks of top-up payments during your parental leave.
Security matters - We've got you covered with life and income protection insurance.
Feel good with THRIVE - Our wellbeing program helps you be your best, inside and out.
Exclusive discounts - Enjoy special deals on big-name brands like Clinicians, BraveFace, Avene, Ego, and more.
About Us
At Douglas, we're more than just a company—we're a community of people driven to make a difference. We're proud to be one of New Zealand's biggest pharmaceutical success stories, and we're growing globally. Privately owned and future-focused, our team of 700 includes scientists, engineers, and all kinds of experts, working together to create high-quality healthcare products that help people around the world.
Come join us on this mission to improve lives!
Next Steps
If you're invited to complete a video interview as the next stage of your application, we'd love you to embrace it. Video interviews allow more people the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to the hiring manager in a new and innovative way, giving you a better chance of securing your ideal role. Relax, be yourself and don't worry, we all feel a bit awkward in front of the camera.
Job Details:
Reference
16032
Expertise
Brand Management, Management
Job Level
Experienced, Management
Location
West Auckland
Work Type
Permanent full-time
Application Closes
22 Aug 2026 23:00
