Account Manager, Sephora Collection Makeup

Job ID: 261860
Location Name: CA-FSC SF Off (0174)
Address: 350 Mission St, 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Merchandising
Remote Eligible:Hybrid

Company Overview:

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves.  We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the Extra Ordinary in each of us.  We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

The Opportunity:

Position: Account Manager, Makeup Sephora Collection

Location: San Francisco, CA

About Merchandising at Sephora:

Sephora Collection leverages its unique position as the in-house brand within Sephora to create affordable, high-performing beauty products. Utilizing extensive customer insights, trend analysis, and the industry’s best merchant team, the brand plays a fundamental role in providing an accessible and inclusive prestige beauty experience for both new and experienced clients.

Your role at Sephora:
As the Sephora Collection Account Manager – Makeup, North America, you are responsible for supporting the Sephora Collection Makeup & Accessories brand strategy and management throughout the North American region (Sephora USA, Sephora Canada, and Sephora at Kohls). Under the leadership of the Senior Director for Sephora Collection North America, you will work to optimize brand priorities and presentation through every touchpoint. You will collaborate closely with the Sephora Collection global team based in Paris; and, you will be the “center of the wheel” across multiple teams at Sephora FSC including, but not limited to, the North American Sephora Merchandising teams, Inventory Management & Visual Merchandising teams to drive the business. In addition, you will: 

• Manage and implement Sephora Collection Makeup & Accessories brand strategies for the North American market that support the brand’s global priorities, based on business results, trends, and opportunities.
• Ensure makeup & accessories brand sales targets are achieved throughout North America
• Communicate and reinforce the brand’s global strategic vision with business partners
• Foster effective relationships with cross-functional partners globally and throughout the North American region
• Ensure the needs of the Sephora Merchandising teams across the US, Canada, Sephora at Kohl’s & Dotcom are understood and met by collaborating with the appropriate cross-functional partners & the global team
• Partner with North American merchandising teams on merchandising strategies & assortment management
• Identify opportunities in the assortments to maximize sales and limit inventory liabilities for both newness and the core product portfolio
• Collaborate with Merchandise Operations on updates, brand expression, and visual merchandising with the ability to align with the global team
• Collaborate with Inventory Management teams on new product forecasting & end-of-life strategy and create solutions to address overstock and discontinued items
• Create and own weekly, monthly, and seasonal reporting to leaders and executive teams
• Maintain current business knowledge and insights. Provide regular updates to North American and global partners.
• Represent the brand with the ability to flex to a wide variety of settings ranging from executive meetings to informal working sessions with business partners
• Demonstrate our Sephora values of Passion for Client Service, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect for All, Teamwork, and Initiative

We’re excited about you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in Category, sales, or merchandising management experience
• Strong interpersonal communication, analytical, organizational, & computer skills.
• Ability to analyze the business, identifying trends and opportunities
• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills to quickly find creative solutions for issues that may arise within the North American region
• Strong presentation skills
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in managing ambiguity in sometimes uncertain situations
• Plan and align to break down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions to achieve KPIs
• Strong interpersonal skills are team-oriented and comfortable working with all levels of management
• Ability to travel

The annual base salary range for this position is $114,000.00 - $126,000.00 The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job.  Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses.  Sephora offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan, various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program. This job will be posted for a minimum of 5 days.

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy… 

• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.  
• The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
• The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000+ stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.