New York, NY Posted: 10/16/2026
DescriptionJob Title: Manager, Brand Marketing - Mizani & L'Oreal Technique Marketing
Division: Professional Products Division
Location: NY, 10 Hudson Yards
Reports To: AVP, Head of Marketing
What You Will Do: The manager of marketing is a strategic operator responsible for overseeing the US brand marketing portfolio for Mizani and L'Oreal Technique and executing the local go-to-market strategy. Reporting into the AVP Marketing, Pureology, Mizani, & LT, this role oversees product marketing and channel strategy for the Mizani and L'Oreal Technique brands, defining the key brand priorities while ensuring flawless operational execution.
Job Duties and Accountabilities Strategic Planning & Vision: - Drive and synthesize category and consumer research, market trends and competitive benchmarks to inform Mizani and L'Oreal Technique product strategies.
- Elevate risks and opportunities across the business to senior leadership
Channel Expertise: - Collaborate with local and SalonCentric sales and retailer partners to drive business strategies
- Drive promo sales strategy in partnership with KAM for SalonCentric, implementing any learnings from performance measurement
- Work closely with Visual Merchandising and creative partners to execute merchandising updates on a regular basis
Product Excellence & GTM: - Own end-to-end "Go-to-Market" process, working with A&I, media, education, visual merchandising, creative, and sales teams to bring cohesive, impactful and ambitious plans to life
- Collaborate with the global marketing teams to ensure US relevancy and build strategies to drive growth
- Analyze business performance, providing clear optimizations to senior leadership and feedback to the Global and cross-functional teams for future needs to win in the US
- Work with A&I and global teams to create brand content and execute localized A&I campaigns
- Define local content needs for digital and retail, leading the creation of local content if needed to fill gaps
Portfolio forecasting and P&L Management: - Oversee process of forecasting by franchise for budget and trend process, maintaining a deep understanding of retail sales data and market flow
- Collaborate with S&OP to ensure accuracy in forecasting and demand planning to minimize OOS and inventory waste
- Carefully manage gross margin on existing portfolio and giftsets
- Optimize A&P spend to drive top and bottom-line growth, directly owning samples, GWPs, COSO, and testers & merchandising budgets, and collaborating with Finance and other partners on driving full P&L
- Review detailed ROI data on investments to inform future budget decisions
What We Are Looking For: Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field
- 5+ years marketing experience, preferably within the prestige beauty space or Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG). A hair category expertise in the US would be a plus.
- Strategic thinker and effective communicator at all levels of the organization
- Ownership and entrepreneurial spirit
- Great interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to debate and influence stakeholders at all levels, while fostering teamwork
- Expert-level ability to interpret complex quantitative data and translate into business strategies - including strong financial acumen (sales forecasting, etc) and proven successful experience with budgeting and P&L management
- Ability to travel domestically periodically (15%)
What's In It For You: - Salary Range: $98,400-$140,200 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)
- Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
- Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
- Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
- Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L'Oreal's Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
- Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
- Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
- Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
Don't meet every single requirement? At L'Oreal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!
