Job Title: Sephora Education Specialist, International Designer Collections (Giorgio Armani)

Division: LUXE

Location: Atlanta, GA/Remote

Reports To: Manager, Area Sales

Who We Are:

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oréal Luxe our mission is to provide our consumers the best products and brand experience by making it unique. Our portfolio is composed of 21 brands including major brands, highly aspirational and multi-expert, such as Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent, and Giorgio Armani.

What You Will Learn:

As an IDC Sephora Education Specialist (SES) specific to Giorgio Armani, you will focus on building the educational foundation of your Sephora partners – Cast Members, Store Leadership, and District Leadership. SES grow and leverage store partnerships to maximize brand business in each of their territories. As an SES, you will bring the brand to life every day by cultivating unforgettable experiences for Cast Members, so they develop an understanding of, and passion for Giorgio Armani.

• Responsible for weekly, monthly, and yearly total retail performance within a set geographic territory. Must maintain knowledge of individual business segment trends and all of the key business drivers within each segment. Monitor ranking and competitive retail performance within each store. Ensure rank increase objectives are being met.
• Oversee education and training of launches and key focus products customized to the business dynamic of each store. Develop relationships and partner with key influencers that will help drive business.
• Plan, communicate and execute all in-store events to ensure achievement of retail goal. Recruit, train, Sephora-ize, and motivate brand representative team for flawless event execution.
• Arrange and spearhead all business brand review meetings with store leadership. Develop and execute action plans based on key store opportunities.
• Monitor merchandising compliance, stock flow, and gondola/linear shop-ability within each store.
• Ongoing communication and strategizing with NSTD regarding business performance, stock/merchandising issues, as well as insights into store dynamics.
• Collaborate with store leadership and operations team to identify opportunities with stock levels.

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• Technical/professional
• 5-7 years of industry related experience
• Passion for artistry and ability to demonstrate and motivate teams through execution of advanced makeup application
• Experience engaging in social media regarding trends, brands and focus products
• Self-motivated, results oriented, creative thinker
• Strong communication, presentation, and organizational skills
• Analytical in approach to identifying opportunities
• Must possess reliable means of transportation
• Willing and able to travel overnight
• Ability to lift 25lbs
• Proficient computer skills necessary – Microsoft
• Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

As an integral part of our culture at L’Oréal, wellness is at our core. We not only offer a generous Benefits Package(Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K), we also offer flexible time off, work from home days, and a pension plan! Additionally, you will have access to company perks such as Makeup, Skincare, and Fragrance! Employees receive a stipend for L'Oréal products as well as VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, and other perks such as Monthly Mobile Allowance, discounted gym memberships, and ERGs.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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