Senior Market Intelligence Associate Full-time Job

Key Responsibilities

Support the team on reporting and insights: Create comprehensive monthly and bi-annual reports that highlight market size, shares, and key trends. Present these findings to our brands and partners, enabling informed decision-making.

Support the team on market modelling and analysis: Develop and maintain local and regional market models for the beauty vertical, with a specific focus on the GCC countries. Compare regional trends with global insights to identify opportunities and challenges.

Data Collection and Verification: Collect and consolidate both regional and local market estimates for key countries in the GCC, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman. Ensure data reliability and collaborate with brands on data verification efforts.

Support the team on performance analysis: Collaborate with Chalhoub franchise brands, joint ventures, and external partners to analyze the performance of the beauty market. Provide insights into market shifts, key retail events, and e-commerce trends.

Industry insights: Stay up-to-date with industry developments, new brands, and business models within the beauty sector in the Middle East and beyond. Share findings to support strategic planning and business growth.

Market projections: Develop and monitor beauty market projections, identifying potential areas of growth and suggesting cross-market and cross-channel analytics to enhance our understanding.

Collaborative Partnerships: Build strong relationships with internal business units and external partners to capture new data and insights on the industry. Engage with new partners to enhance data sources and trends.

Support the team on presentations: Convey analysis and present findings to internal and external stakeholders, including senior management and external business partners

Ad-Hoc Requests: Manage specific brands and handle ad-hoc requests from management and other stakeholders, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of information.

Continuous Improvement: Continuously develop and enhance reports, studies, and deep dives, focusing on categories, sub-segments, trends, and key retail periods, to stay ahead of market dynamics.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, Economics, or a related field

3-5 Years of experience as a Market Intelligence Analyst (or equivalent), preferably with a focus on the beauty industry

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI for data analysis, visualization, and reporting

Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data sets to draw actionable insights

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings in a clear and concise manner

Detail-oriented and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Familiarity with market research methodologies and competitive analysis techniques

Passion for the beauty industry and a keen interest in staying abreast of the latest trends and innovations

Collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment

We are Chalhoub Group, a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East for over 60 years. By blending our Middle East expertise, deep understanding of the local customer and intimate knowledge of luxury, were dedicated to making every customer experience unforgettable. For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear. Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer. Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work. To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up The Greenhouse, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.