About the Role
The Retail Learning Coach - Northwest partners with store leadership to drive sales performance, elevate the client experience, and strengthen leadership and selling capabilities across a designated group of retail locations. This role leads performance-based coaching initiatives that translate learning programs into measurable on-the-job behaviors and business results. Success requires a strong background in luxury retail, proven coaching expertise, the ability to influence leaders, and a passion for developing high-performing teams.
Responsibilities
- Use business performance metrics to identify coaching opportunities and develop the coaching strategy.
- Monitor and create coaching plans to improve key performance indicators including sales, AUR, conversion, clienteling activity, appointment-driven business, mystery shop results, and NPS.
- Develop and support 30-60-90-day coaching plans for employees requiring additional development.
- Monitor coaching plan progress weekly and monthly vs. targeted performance metrics and adjust coaching strategies.
- Ensure learning programs are effectively applied and sustained in day-to-day store selling behaviors, client experience, and client development.
- Conduct needs assessments using business results, performance data, in-store observations, and stakeholder feedback.
- Identify learning/skill gaps and develop targeted coaching and learning action plans.
- Design and facilitate sales-floor micro-learnings and skill-building exercises.
- Support adoption and grow engagement of the digital e-learning platform, Tiffany Wonder.
- Partner with store leadership to execute structured onboarding plans and development milestones.
- Monitor onboarding progress and ensure completion of required learning activities.
- Deliver in-the-moment coaching and feedback to client advisors and leaders on the sales floor.
- Observe employee interactions and provide actionable feedback that drives measurable performance improvement.
- Coach to client experience, client development and relationship-building, selling skills, and leadership behaviors.
- Align with store director and team manager on post-store visit action steps and follow-up.
- Support onboarding and assimilation of new retail employees.
- Ensure new hires understand and consistently apply client experience and selling standards.
- Collaborate with store, market, and corporate partners to align coaching priorities with business objectives.
- Share observations, performance trends, and learning needs with leadership teams.
- Approach coaching with curiosity and optimism, recognizing positive contributions and progress.
- Motivate and inspire the team to strive for excellence and reach their potential.
- Strengthen leaders' coaching capabilities by observing one-on-one client advisor monthly meetings and providing feedback.
- Partner with store directors and team managers to create and execute individualized development and performance improvement plans.
- Model a coaching approach that recognizes achievements, reinforces positive behaviors, and promotes continuous improvement.
- Participate in training initiatives and collaborate with global and central learning teams.
- Influence leaders to adopt coaching strategies that improve employee performance, client experience, and business results.
- Support a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous development.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience in luxury retail sales leadership and people management.
- Passion for luxury retail environments; jewelry / watch expertise is a plus.
- Proven track record in sales, developing client relationships, leading teams, and performance-based coaching.
- Inspiring and trusted leader, able to guide, empower and support teams.
- Demonstrated success improving sales performance and developing employees through coaching.
- Proven experience analyzing retail performance metrics and translating insights into development actions.
- Strong coaching, facilitation, and adult learning capabilities.
- Deep understanding of retail selling behaviors, luxury client experience standards, and relationship-based selling.
- Ability to assess performance gaps and implement effective development solutions.
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
- Ability to build trust and credibility with frontline employees and leaders.
- Excellent organizational, planning, and follow-through skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills, active listening, and ability to deliver constructive feedback.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and business reporting tools.
- Experience supporting multi-store markets.
- Ability to travel regularly among assigned stores, including overnight travel up to 50% of the time.
Skills
- Luxury retail sales leadership
- People management
- Sales performance
- Client relationship development
- Team leadership
- Performance-based coaching
- Sales analysis
- Coaching
- Facilitation
- Adult learning
- Retail selling behaviors
- Luxury client experience
- Relationship-based selling
- Communication
- Presentation
- Influencing
- Organizational skills
- Planning
- Follow-through
- Interpersonal skills
- Active listening
- Constructive feedback delivery
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Business reporting tools
Location
- Northwest
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-8 years
Salary/Compensations
- $111,775 - $151,225
About the Company
- Tiffany & Co. North America Retail Excellence
