MERCHANDISING MANAGER - 2 years maternity cover

Sephora is looking for a dynamic and creative Merchandising Manager to join our regional team! If you're passionate about retail design, brand experience, and cross-functional collaboration, this could be the perfect role for you. As Merchandising Manager, you will play a key role in shaping Sephora's store experience in Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria. You’ll be responsible for implementing merchandising strategies in line with Sephora's global brand standards, coordinating new store designs, remodeling and high-priority projects. In this role, you'll work closely with architects, construction teams and external vendors. You’ll also manage budgets to ensure efficient resource allocation, ensuring all projects are aligned with Sephora’s brand identity.

💡 Key Responsibilities:

• Implement merchandising strategies aligned with Sephora's brand and guidelines;
• Oversee store designs and floor plans;
• Maintain communication with architects, print companies, and construction partners;
• Collaborate with marketing and store operations teams to ensure seamless project execution;
• Manage merchandising budgets to meet business objectives;
• Coordinate and mentor merchandising specialists in stores.

✨ Key Qualifications:

• Excellent planning and organizing skills;
• Understanding of architecture/design principles (plans, sections, materials);
• Strong Excel and PPT skills (Corel Draw is a plus);
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills;
• At least 1 year of managerial experience;
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Join us and bring your expertise to an iconic beauty brand!

Sephora is the world’s most loved beauty community, offering a unique retail experience for passionate clients and innovative beauty brands, encouraging them to be fearless in their creativity and self-expression. Founded in France by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1969, Sephora’s revolutionary concept offers clients a hands-on relationship with an ever-changing array of carefully curated brand partners, featuring trusted classics, indie darlings, emerging favorites and the critically acclaimed Sephora Collection. Sephora products and services give to clients confidence in everything they do, helping them unlock their beauty potential with support from the most professional and imaginative team of product consultants in the beauty industry. Owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world's leading luxury goods group, Sephora’s excellence, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit have made it a beauty trailblazer in 34 countries and online, providing a diverse range of clients with the perfect environment in which to experiment and learn. Also leader on the Romanian market, we offer to our customers a complete beauty experience in our stores, with high standard customer service, large range of brands, beauty services and advices from the experts.