Junior Associate, Consumer Insights - Fragrance & Skincare

coty•New York, NY

About The Position

As the Global Consumer and Market insights Junior Associate for US brands, you will work with the CMI director to fuel the growth of Coty US based Fragrance & Skincare brands. It consists in supporting the CMI team to answer our internal clients business questions: find the best ways to tailor and conduct the most efficient methodological tools and solutions but also uncover unmet needs, new expectations and any social cultural change impacting our business. You will be responsible to support every project from the logistic aspects to delivering timely insights on specific projects. In doing so, you will support broader strategic thinking on the fragrance category and its usage by current, lapsed and prospect users. You will use varied methodologies and explore multiple sources of insights to build strong synthesis for our brand and for the global CMI team based across Paris and New York. You will achieve success in the role by activating a robust understanding of the consumers/ shoppers, of markets and competition to fuel growth and drive innovation, while carefully monitoring our brands’ image. Your curiosity will be as important as your rigor in organization. Working for Coty means our people make us who we are. They are the brightest minds bringing innovative concepts to life. If you’re someone unwilling to settle, likes to envision larger possibilities, accelerate learning, and push boundaries – we’d love to hear from you! Working at Coty means being part of an inclusive workplace committed to diversity and equity, valuing diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Your ideas will count, fostering a career where you can achieve more than you ever imagined.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
A passion for recent evolutions of consumers dynamics in general and in beauty in particular.
Agility to adjust to a fast moving environment working with international teams
Good written and oral communication skills to prepare and present tactical and strategic projects
Ability to leverage / integrate existing data sets when information is not available
Passion to bring the consumer to life, and place the consumer at the heart of our business decisions
Strong problem-solving techniques; curious, team player; attention to detail / good project management. You know how to translate complex data into a key take outs with your analytical mindset.
Strong communication (Verbal and written) and presentation ability. Work with the director at different levels in the organization and across different teams to ensure everyone is updated on key timelines and/or decisions
Concise, integrated thinking and storytelling: boil down multiple data points into a simple but powerful story that drives decisions and outputs
Project management: Organized, structured and always have an overview of all the deliverables. You know how to bring multiple projects to a successful ending within the given timeframe.
Ability to drive clarity and Agility: you get energized by the opportunity to drive clarity for the team, you are quick to adapt as new information becomes available.

Responsibilities

Support our brands by providing Category market & Competitive Insights, Usage and shopper learnings, product innovation needs, and mix evaluation. You will identify the best research solutions (quantitative research, qualitative research, panels and / or business intelligence) and conduct your projects
Help selecting vendors, brief partners, support and monitor fieldwork, guide and challenge analysis, review and improve research results presentation to deliver actionable results to internal clients
Provide first elements of analysis and insight to drive recommendations against key business drivers. Build presentation for our internal clients, including our CEO in Paris
Analyze consumer and market data using company information systems and excel analytics to support competitive market intelligence. Leverage relevant analytical tools from various sources including NPD Decision Key, Custom projects nd industry portals – to identify key opportunities for the business
Start aggregating market-specific databases to create streamlined global business analyses. Create data visualizations and synthesis to present key research insights to cross-functional and management teams
Create actionable slides and elaborate on business implications with the CMI team
Maintain project schedules and ensure procurement compliance. Manage the agenda of the team
Liaise with other CMI team members in Paris to optimize research outputs and create strategic bridges between projects
Work on case studies to improve internal category expertise
Monitor beauty trends with the trend and the analytics teams in Paris to shape actionable synthesis