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ManJun Huang

ManJun Huang

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Marketing Director | Giorgio Armani

L'oreal Travel Retail Asia Pacific
04.2022 - Current

1. BRAND MANAGEMENT | BALANCED PORTFOLIO

- BRAND:

o Drove brand to maintain as top 2 couture brand

o Catalogue diversification to Premium paramount for healthy brand growth

o Shared and collaborated with TRM and CH LM/ Zone on brand ambitions and strategy.

o Improved product profitability through valorization

o FIT Consumer centric mindset with FIT animation activation and assortment expansion

- GIFTING

o Designed and implemented TREX (and exclusives), build strategy on Set/TREX/Excl mix.

- RETAIL EXCELLENCE CAPTAINCY

o Led the best-in-class retail excellence taskforce roll-out (Integrate global process to local integration - Portfolio Management, Selling Tools, Retail Design, Institutional Visual Merchandising, Service, Digital and Event & PR)


2. O+O XP EXCELLENCE | E-COM & DIGITAL + MEDIA MASTERY & O+O ACTIVATION

- O+O Activation with #1 in Buzz and Conversion YTD October 2023 for TR community

o Pioneered O+O disruptive & innovative consumer experience: 1) Xmas 2023 Ferris Wheel @XHG with Magical snow show 2) CNY 2023 Gingko Garden @Haikou with "Top Hainan Tourist attraction award" for brand building

o Tactical HPP/SPPs in FIT markets with Fragrance takeovers in SEA and Pacific to drive conversion

- CRM excellence with over-target consumer lifetime value projects thru 1P data collection in synergy with China Local Market

- E-commerce excellence with > 1/3 of EC weight, best in class PDPs and 100% E-store experience audit

- Leveraged earned media through influencers/advocacy strategies with over target average 1.9 CTR, 35% CVR and 0.5% engagement rate of social KPI

- Drove Brand Building w/ Media Panels

o Maintained top 5 high SOV across airports/DT with Chinese PAX, in line with budget constraints


3. SUSTAINABILITY ADVOCATE

- Animations 100% Eco Design and materials

- Refills test & learn with skincare products

- Minimal disposal (ZBB PLV – 10% Non-moving PLV)


5. PEOPLE’S LEADER

· Led and developed a team of 10 with simplicity management as core values (including Group Product Manager, Product managers, Digital manager, Digital Specialists, MTs, Interns.

Group Product Manager | Lancome (Skincare)

L'oreal Travel Retail Asia Pacific
12.2019 - 03.2022

· Pioneered Lancome’s first ever Sustainability campaign in Hainan tied with Premium Absolue. (Sustainable Pop-up Structure, Record breaking sales of Virtual Refillable Cream Set)

· First-ever CRM 1P partnership with two key hotels in Hainan, bringing O+O activation to live through the brand’s holiday animation in 2020

· Successfully launch of a completely new franchise, Clarifique, to tackle the growing market demand in Essence. Concluded the year with a sizable market share for 2020, closing gap to competition EL Micro-Essence.

· Hainan 360 omni experience Clarifique “Aurora Light Journey” Takeover in November 2020, concluded the celebrity graced pop-up event with Record breaking results of triple digit growth and astounding results from the 3-day livestream events with over double digit in million total views.

· Key driver for the Premium boom in Lancome, ending 2020 with a record high double-digit growth of making it the number 2 franchise for the brand.

Group Product Manager | Lancome (Makeup & Frag)

L'oreal Travel Retail Asia Pacific
01.2018 - 11.2019

· Launched the brand’s boldest and largest O+O “Seoul #Unstoppable Club” Makeup Skating Pop-up Event, a ‘phygital playground’ that integrated both online and offline retail experiences in Seoul, Korea.

· Drove the turnaround of the make-up business, and build successfully pillar products in both Face and Lips with over double digit increase in Sell-out in both respective categories. This ended 2019 makeup category with double digit growth (align to brand growth).


Senior Product Manager | Lancome (Skincare)

L'oreal Travel Retail Asia Pacific
01.2017 - 01.2018

· Co-led Lancome TR Consumer Study in China Cities to understand shopping behaviors and perception of brand versus competition

· Successful launch of 360 campaign projects like Holiday 2017, Genifique Eye Launch

· Led the positive growth of premium franchise Absolue to turn around from negative to positive growth in first half of 2018

Asst Marketing Manager | Shiseido, NARS, Anessa

Shiseido Travel Retail Asia Pacific
01.2013 - 12.2016

Acted as the main driver for Travel Retail Asia Pacific marketing for Skincare and Make-Up Brands, to achieve over target results for brands: Shiseido, NARS, AUPRES & Anessa. (Transitioned from Skincare division to Make-up Division to concentrate on NARS, Laura Mercier and Bare Minerals)

Education

Master of Science - Global Business

EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL
FRANCE, LILLE
01.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Humanities & Social Sciences

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SINGAPORE
01.2010

Skills

  • 360 Strategic Marketing & Management
  • Sustainable A&P Marketing Budgeting
  • Trade Marketing (TREX, OOH, OO journey)
  • Digital Marketing (Media, Social)
  • CRM Partnership (1P Data X Local Market)
  • Event Management/ PR Events (Celebrity, KOLs)
  • Consumer Experience Ratings & Education bubble speech
  • Sustainable brand building (CSR, Retail Design, Eco-Design, Product Refills, )
  • Sustainable offline TR retail configurations

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Intermediate (B1)

Timeline

Marketing Director | Giorgio Armani

L'oreal Travel Retail Asia Pacific
04.2022 - Current

Group Product Manager | Lancome (Skincare)

L'oreal Travel Retail Asia Pacific
12.2019 - 03.2022

Group Product Manager | Lancome (Makeup & Frag)

L'oreal Travel Retail Asia Pacific
01.2018 - 11.2019

Senior Product Manager | Lancome (Skincare)

L'oreal Travel Retail Asia Pacific
01.2017 - 01.2018

Asst Marketing Manager | Shiseido, NARS, Anessa

Shiseido Travel Retail Asia Pacific
01.2013 - 12.2016

Master of Science - Global Business

EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL

Bachelor of Arts - Humanities & Social Sciences

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
ManJun Huang