Kose America appoints Chinae Kim as head of North American marketing and sales

Kose America has announced the appointment of Chinae Kim as Vice President of Kose America, a newly created position, effective immediately.

She will report to Takayuki Morimatsu, CEO of Kosé America, Inc.

Ms. Kim will be responsible for leading the Tokyo-based cosmetics company’s marketing and sales efforts in North America, and will be responsible for various initiatives to drive growth in the Kose America region and the company’s brands, including Decollete, Sekkisei, and Addiction Tokyo. will be supervised.

She brings over 15 years of brand and marketing experience in the beauty industry including Amorepacific US and The Estée Lauder Companies.

Ms. Kim most recently worked at Amorepacific US, where she oversaw U.S. marketing for the Sulwhasoo and Amorepacific brands. During her tenure, she launched the 6th generation version of Sulwhasoo’s hero products and channel expansion, and launched Laneige in the U.S. in 2014 and in Canada, including Sephora, in 2015.

Kose Corporation was founded in Japan in 1946 by Kozaburo Kobayashi. Today, with 13,179 employees, Kose’s beauty repertoire includes high-quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, body and hair care products, steeped in research and innovation, and with more than 800 registered patents. Masu. The portfolio of 37 brands is sold in 68 countries around the world.