Join MECCA’s Makeup Category as an Assistant Brand Manager on a fixed-term contract until March 2027, supporting some of the brands and products our customers know and love.
Working closely with our Brand Managers and cross-functional teams, you’ll help bring brand plans to life through seamless product launches, ranging and campaign activity, while building strong relationships with our brand partners.
The Role You Could Play:
As Assistant Brand Manager, you’ll provide hands-on support across brand and product management, acting as a MECCA brand ambassador and partnering with teams including Planning, Range & Space, Marketing, Education, Freight and our Distribution Centre. You will:
- Partner with Brand Managers to support commercial targets, create strategic brand plans, deliver brand moments and monthly campaign and VM activity
- Support in the relationship management of our brands both through regular communication, formal business reviews and hosting while brands are in the ANZ market.
- Manage item setup and product maintenance, partnering with brands to ensure timely delivery and accuracy
- Support the development of store assortments with Brand Managers and Range & Space, considering best sellers, performance and space requirements
- Coordinate product, campaign, education and supporting collateral across the category
- Manage monthly brand claims and support international brand visits, including coordinating itineraries for founders, trainers and account managers
What You Will Bring:
You are proactive, highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to confidently manage changing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Ideally, you will bring:
- Previous experience in a similar brand, category or commercial support role is highly desirable
- Strong attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy
- The ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple deadlines
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- A proactive and collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively across teams and continually look for ways to improve
Your Life At MECCA
Whilst we are focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn’t be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!
Some of our other team member benefits include:
- Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering
- Health and well-being initiatives
- Reward and recognition programs
- Access to bonus and incentive programs
- Access to quarterly product allowance
- Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy
There are also so many other ways in which you’ll be made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way.
To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, follow us on LinkedIn at MECCA Brands or @lifeatmecca and for all current opportunities, visit mecca.com.au/careers.
Skills Required
- Previous experience in a similar brand, category, or commercial support role
- Strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple deadlines
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Proactive and collaborative approach with the ability to work effectively across teams
What We Do
Since our very first day in 1997, our purpose has been to enable our customers to feel and look their best by offering them the world’s best line-up of beauty and skin-care brands (+ more), coupled with exceptional service. Fast forward to today, and we have over 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day. Our ongoing growth is fuelled by opening new stores and reaching new customers, launching new products, and harnessing the latest technology to constantly innovate and evolve our concepts, experiences, and service offerings. Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or our Distribution Centre (DC), you will be an integral part of the MECCA family. Our Retail Store teams are known for their energy, passion and expertise; bringing MECCA to life and helping us deliver on our purpose across four unique concepts – MECCA Cosmetica, MECCA Maxima, MECCA and our online stores (mecca.com.au and meccabeauty.co.nz). Working in our Support Centre will give you the opportunity to be part of high-impact, cross-functional projects, where you will get to immerse yourself in cutting-edge technologies and market-leading innovations. Not only do we work with over 150 of the best global beauty brands, we also develop, produce and distribute MECCA’s very own signature line of products. From supply chain to digital design, from software development to strategy, and everything in between, we are looking for diverse people from all backgrounds to continually challenge our way of thinking. Last but certainly not least, our rapidly expanding DC teams are the backbone of our operations and are key to the delivery of a seamless customer experience through online fulfillment and ensuring our stores have the right products at the right time.
