COMPANY DESCRIPTION
About the DOUGLAS Group
The DOUGLAS Group, with its commercial brands DOUGLAS, NOCIBÉ, Parfumdreams and Niche Beauty, is the number one omnichannel premium beauty destination in Europe. The DOUGLAS Group is inspiring customers to live their own kind of beauty by offering a unique assortment online and in around 1,970 stores. With unparalleled size and access to customers, the DOUGLAS Group is the partner of choice for brands and offers a premium range of selective and exclusive brands as well as own corporate brands. The assortment includes fragrances, color cosmetics, skin care, hair care, accessories as well as beauty services. Strengthening its successful omnichannel positioning while consistently developing superior customer experience is at the heart of the DOUGLAS Group strategy “Let it Bloom”. The winning business model is underpinned by the Group’s omnichannel proposition, leading brands, and data capabilities. In the financial year 2024/25, the DOUGLAS Group generated sales of 4.58 billion euros and employed more than 19,900 people across Europe. The DOUGLAS Group (Douglas AG) is listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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TASKS WITH IMPACT
The DOUGLAS Pricing Team is responsible for developing and implementing pricing strategies to ensure consistent and competitive pricing across all markets.
- Develop and define pricing and promo strategies, set framework and guardrails for pricing and promo rules together with cluster management and board.
- Continuously review and challenge the pricing strategy across clusters and identify impacts for group pricing strategy.
- Propose group-wide promo targets, support clusters in the promo planning process, monitor and challenge promo results, as well as the promo framework.
- Act as PMO for group pricing projects including the definition of the roll-out plan across clusters, conceptualization of pilots, alignment with processes and analytics to ensure process implementation.
- Conceptualize further group-wide pricing measures currently not covered in the strategy (e.g., reaction to supplier price increases, article life-cycle based pricing).
- Monitor the current business pacing in the countries and identify improvement levers; monitor pricing-related KPIs and translate them into actionable recommendations for the board.
- Be the major point of contact and sparring partner for cluster pricing managers in case of questions and inquiries, and manage group-wide knowledge management.
- Manage cluster alignment and knowledge sharing, including preparation of regular group-wide Pricing Jour Fixes.
YOUR SKILLS
We take a competency-based and fair approach to recruiting, that´s why we look beyond your experience to understand how you create impact, grow through change, and collaborate for success.
Alongside these competencies, we’re looking for the following skills:
- You have a mindset of data-driven decision-making.
- You are a business translator with strong project management skills.
- Ideally, you have retail/e-commerce and/or pricing experience.
- Strong communication skills and fluency in English.
- You work in a team-oriented way and are a true team player
YOUR BENEFITS
Your personal development: we want you to grow with us. Become part of our mentoring program, use our e-learning platforms and benefit from many other individual development opportunities.
Open feedback culture: half-yearly meetings & performance reviews (#DOUGLASDialogue)
30 days of vacation per year
Would you like a hybrid working model? We offer a balance between mobile working and office days in a collaborative environment. (approx. 8 days/month)
Whether it's fitness, mental health or preventative care - with Wellhub and heycare we support you holistically in your well-being.
Whether you’re working or taking a break - your dog is always welcome in our office.
Cherry on top: You get our employee discount both online and in-store. On top of that, you get further discount opportunities thanks to our corporate benefits.
In-house canteen & bistro, as well as free drinks
A positive and motivating environment & celebrating successes at regular company events such as DOClub, summer party, Women's Day, etc
DO YOU RECOGNIZE YOURSELF?
Then become part of our international company and apply, stating your salary expectations and possible starting date.
As an international employer, we stand for equal opportunities and diversity. We therefore welcome applications from mothers, fathers, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQIA+ community. Please let us know if, for example, we should use a gender-neutral pronoun, if you need barrier-free access to our offices or if we should allow more time for the application process.
We look forward to hearing from you!