Chalhoub Group Hiring for Senior Brand Partnerships at Dubai Full Time

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles.

Job Summary:
Our Senior Brand Partnership Executive will be responsible for enhancing and managing brand partnerships regionally. We’re looking for an analytical, commercially minded, team player, who is confident working on complex cross-functional projects.

What you’ll be doing

oLiaise with partnering brands through effective communication, reporting and problem solving while representing the brand interest
oNegotiate and manage contracts with brands regarding approved brand collaborations
oLiaise with internal key stakeholders (e.g. marketing, creative, commercial, retail design and operations team) to ensure successful implementation of activations and pop-ups
oSecure approval on final project plans and brand partnerships from Head of Brand & Creative and alignment with Heads of Commercial and Marketing for all projects
oEnsure all key stakeholders have the right understanding of the project plan and investment to be able to take forward their relevant scope (e.g. retail design, marketing)
oHandover deliverables to relevant teams while managing project and cross-functional communication to ensure projects meet expectations and are delivered on time
oEnsure all projects follow our brand direction and guidelines
oResearch and evaluate marketing opportunities and strategies for further or improved brand partnerships
oMonitor brand partnership activities and performance metrics, ensuring maximum ROI as a basis for all decision making and project prioritization
oManage budgeting and reporting of brand partnerships in alignment with Finance & Marketing
oStaying up-to-date on best practices in the field ensuring our brand is the pioneer in the types of collaborations we do

What you’ll need to succeed

•Solid Marketing experience to work on the 360 communication plan to launch the brands

•Excellent organizational and project management skills to plan the pop-ups and activations

•Strong ability to build and maintain relationships both internally and externally

•Excellent negotiation, communication and presentation skills

•Work in fast-paced and dynamic environments

•Strong ability to analyze and report on data

•Extensive commercial acumen

•English and Arabic speaker

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.