Director, Business Analytics - Kendo Brands

Job Description

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. 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.

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, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $160,000 - $200,000 per year based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks in the summer and July and December wellness/shutdown weeks for applicable positions.

SUMMARY

The Director of Business Analytics will create data-driven business insights and help transform those into actionable insights for Kendo. While part of the role will focus on Kendo sales analytics, there will also be a deep focus on uncovering detailed market, consumer, and competitive insights.

The ideal candidate will possess a rare blend of outstanding technical and people skills. Success in this role is more than just analyzing data. True success will be achieved by using data to craft actionable stories that drive better business decisions. This will require not only savvy with numbers, but also a robust understanding of business storytelling. This role will be highly cross-functional, and you will often need to translate complex topics into non-financial language. The ability to communicate effectively with all parts of our business is an absolute must.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Using data to understand consumer insights and effectively communicating those insights with marketing and brand partners
• Preparing and sometimes leading share-outs of market, competitive, and Kendo business performance.
• Conducting detailed analysis at the category and product levels to understand trends and identify potential whitespace
• Measuring effectiveness of marketing and promotional activations
• Building new tools that allow us to track market insights and compare our business to a variety of benchmarks
• May assist in leading periodic learning & development workshops
• Much of the role will involve collaborating with cross-functional partners on a wide variety of ad hoc projects. These could include analytics related to pricing, store performance, product launch analytics, and digital KPIs (among many others)
• May occasionally partner with the Analytics VP on special projects pertaining to broader business issues
• Managing and contributing to the development of a senior analytics manager

REQUIREMENTS

• 10 years experience in business, finance, or analytical-related field.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data and transform it into clear and meaningful insights with a focus on the 'why'
• Creativity as it applies to storytelling and flexibility to tailor your messages for different audiences
• Skilled with data visualization techniques. Advanced PowerPoint skills are a must. Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar applications a plus
• Very high level of business acumen and intellectual curiosity. Comfortable taking initiative to create and test your own hypotheses
• Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner (both verbal and written) and comfortable presenting to senior leadership
• Passionate about the beauty industry
• BS degree in Business, Finance, or related field
• Ability to connect with and build constructive relationships with diverse cross-functional partners
• Willingness to contribute positively to our unique culture
• Ability to adapt in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
• Experience leading and managing others