Commercial Internship

POSITION: Commercial Intern Kendo UK

REPORTS TO: National Account Manager – Kendo Brands UK

LOCATION: London, UK

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Kendo is owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. The Kendo house of brands presently includes: Fenty Beauty & Fenty Skin, KVD, Ole Henriksen and Bite. Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions, the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, and great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Assist the Commercial team in daily tasks and projects to achieve gross and retail sales targets, key accounts management, reporting and sales admin.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting and Analysis

• Produce the weekly Retail sales reports
• Stock &Trade analysis and retailer order validation
• Utilising Microsoft excel to a high proficiency to produce the weekly and monthly Retail sales reports
• Ad hoc specific analysis: by segments/by brand/by account to prepare appropriate Sales Strategy
• Boots RSI (sell-out) tool data extraction

Coordination

• Administration regarding account openings, closures and changes of details
• Liaising with Marketing and the implementation of the Marketing plan & specific Commercial Activities
• Preparing account specific forms; New Line Forms, Site Nomination Forms and coordinating returns process.
• Liaising with Retail team regarding store specific performance and staffing

Projects

• Assist in the returns process (Store Audit, budget analysis…)
• Assist in preparing sales meeting presentations
• Retailer’s consumer insights data tools
• Price list management

POSITION WITHIN THE ORGANISATION

Reports To: Associate National Account Managers

Internal contacts: Commercial Team

Business Development Managers

Marketing/ merchandising Team

Education Team

Direct Reports: None

External contacts: Retailers

Third party agencies and suppliers

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Key Competencies

• Fluent in English
• Analytical skills
• Highly numerate
• IT skills
• Solid interpersonal skills
• Self starter
• Team player

Proactive attitude; can do attitude

Profile

• Graduate from a Business school with strong analytical skills and excellent communication skills
• Experience in sales and or marketing within the luxury environment would be a distinct advantage but not essential.

Technical Skills

• Microsoft Office : Very High level in Excel, Word and Powerpoint