Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values, we pride ourselves to be listed among the World´s Most Ethical Companies since 16 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation, and treating each other with trust and respect.

The Role:

The Oribe commercial coordinator will be responsible for completing commercial and administrative tasks which are necessary to ensure successful expansion of Oribe in the Nordics. The tasks included in this role are within the areas of marketing, sales support, planning and optimizing of education of hair dressers as well as forecasting and managing diverse tasks within supply management. The role will require close cooperation with internal stakeholders such as the Oribe sales team, free lance educators as well as EMEA planning team. In addition there will be cooperation with a Nordic PR agency.

This is a permanent, full-time position based in Copenhagen (hybrid working model).

What you will do:

• Arranging education events for hairdressers, including booking of models. Flights etc.
• One point of contact for hairdressers incl. hosting and planning monthly information meetings
• Managing education budget & Invoices
• Fill out diverse reports of education status to the global team
• Ordering of new products and samples for key account managers
• Forecasting and planning activities including orders, sold out situations and stock
• Maintaining pricelists
• Coordination with E-com team about launches and other relevant info
• Ensuring all materials in the BCA is updated
• Coordination with PR agency, e.g. ensuring they have press material and products
• Fashion week planning and execution
• Managing POS material, including forecasting
• Preparing merchandise, assortment and space related to opening of new stores
• Managing Oribe's Marketing budget
• Preparing and presenting brand presentations for Key Account Managers
• Managing new launches incl. tracking and coordination with internal stakeholders
• Updating image bank for Oribe

What you will need:

• Requires Bacherlor degree or equivalent
• 2 years’ administrative experience in a professional office environment in a similar or sales support role is required.
• FMCG, Cosmetology or salon experience a plus
• Detail-oriented
• Good planning skils
• Good communication skills
• Outgoing, service-minded personality
• Excellent IT skills, including Excel and Powerpoint
• Proficiency in English. Understanding of Nordic languages is a plus

How we work: Having been selected among the World´s Most Ethical Companies for 18 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.

What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with competitive salaries, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.

Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community. 

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/) or EMEA website (https://www.kao.com/emea/en/)

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