Head of Fragrance Contract: 12 month Secondment Location: Nottingham Closing Date: 5th September Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker About the role As Head of Fragrance, you'll lead the category strategy, drive sales and profitability, manage supplier relationships and oversee the product direction and NPD pipeline. Collaborating cross functionally, leading your team to optimise the range, pricing and promotions to meet customers needs and market trends, ensuring Boots remains the leader in the Fragrance sector. This is a secondment L4, full time role, based in Nottingham Key responsibilities The Fragrance business consists of 3 strategically important segments, Fine fragrance, mass fragrance and Niche & Luxe perfume. In all three categories you have an amazing opportunity to work closely with some of the most prestigious, globally renowned powerhouse brands such as Chanel and Dior as well the more upcoming, trendy brands starting to make waves on social platforms. Niche & Luxe perfume is a brand new venture which sees boots entering into a new word of perfumery. As the level 4 head of fragrance, you'll oversee the commercial strategy from planning to execution, with a keen eye focused on brand building, sales plan, using insight-led decision making and respond to customer’s needs. This role is ideal for a commercially minded leader ready to influence at scale and drive growth in a key category within Boots. Whilst leading the Fragrance team, you'll also have a key role to play within the Beauty leadership team – helping to shape the strategic delivery and driving a strong Business Unit culture. You will be a strong collaborator, developing a strong network across the business enabling you to deliver effectively. Reporting into Beauty Director - Fragrance Skincare & Haircare, you will have: What you'll need to have Commercial acumen – strong understanding of the P&L, pricing, funding, margin management and cost control to drive profitable growth. Category management – ability to develop and execute category strategies that balance customer needs, market trends and business priorities. Supplier relationship management – skilled in partnering with suppliers to build strategic plans. This role is accountable for managing a number of the key beauty JBP’s. Strategic Thinking – capable of long-term planning whilst staying responsive to short-term trading pressures. Leadership and team management – experience in leading and developing high-performing commercial teams. Collaborating and Influencing – working effectively across functions, influencing stakeholders at all levels. Digital and Omnichannel trading – understanding the different channel dynamics and how to drive category performance across all customer touchpoints. Resilience and Agility – an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging environment and make confident decisions under pressure. It would be great if you also have Experience of operating at a Head of position Experience of managing a team of 10 Familiarity with the Fragrance category Innovation and NPD – being able to spot new product and bring them to market Our benefits Boots Retirement Savings Plan Discretionary annual bonus Generous employee discounts Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more. Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme. We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate. Why Boots At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better. What's next Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. Keywords Head, of, Fragrance