About the Role
As the Assistant Store Manager, you will support the Store Manager in leading the team in a fast-paced retail environment to deliver an unbeatable client experience. This role is an opportunity to bring your passion, share your knowledge, and make your mark at a leading global beauty retailer.
Responsibilities
- Utilize and exploit data to support operational decisions by working closely with the Store Manager and District Manager to develop strategies for business growth and conversion of sales.
- Drive a selling culture within your team to meet KPIs and promote Sephora's values.
- Motivate the team to consistently raise performance and capability.
- Support the development of internal talent.
- Implement a continuous improvement mentality within the team.
- Work in partnership with the wider team.
- Energize your team to deliver first-class customer service within a fast-paced environment.
- Assist in managing the profit and loss of your store by monitoring shrinkage percentages and sales conversion.
- Promote the Sephora Collection brand.
- Forecast sales to maximize profitability.
- Drive operational incentives including brand events, training, and supporting visual merchandising changes.
- Ensure the store represents cleanliness and the Sephora brand and culture.
- Maintain a strong and positive culture where everyone is valued, recognized, and enabled to succeed through feedback and career development, coaching, learning, and recognition.
- Measure performance, improve, and achieve Sephora's vision of being the most loved beauty community.
- Monitor KPIs and help develop store talent.
Requirements
- 2-3+ years' experience in retail/store line management.
- Previous retail management experience at a big box retailer or multi-site experience.
- Must be able to provide 5 full days of availability across key trading times including late-night and weekend availability.
- Must be able to work weekends, before/after store hours, and evenings.
Skills
- Passion for supporting and leading teams to provide client-centric service.
- Ability to create meaningful in-store experiences to build brand loyalty and promote positive behaviors.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Excellent business management skills.
- Hands-on leadership style.
- Ability to motivate, coach, and help team members succeed.
- Knack for attracting, identifying, and inspiring talented employees.
- Strong emotional intelligence.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to influence team members at all levels.
- Passion for excellent client service and experiential retail.
Location
- Flagship Sydney CBD
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Fixed-term contract
Experience Level
- Retail/store line management experience
Benefits
- Opportunities for personal development in Australia and New Zealand.
- Opportunities across the global group of high-end luxury brands.
- Gifted products throughout the year.
- Store discounts of up to 45% off.
- Paid Parental Leave.
- Birthday Leave.
- Personal Leave.
- Mental Health wellbeing programs available 24/7.
- Life insurance.
- Fun social calendar.
About the Company
- Sephora believes that beauty thrives in diversity and discovery.
- Sephora's purpose is to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the ExtraOrdinary in each of us.
- Sephora is part of the Global Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey Group, the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate.
- Across Australia and New Zealand, Sephora has circa 36 stores and a growing online platform.
- Sephora plans to expand year on year.
Equal Opportunity
- Sephora is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all.
- We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, or other employment practices.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
- We invite candidates who require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process to share those requirements with us when completing their application.
- We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.
