Open Jobs Manager, Merchandising, Merchandising Strategy

Job ID:276471
Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA0173)
Address: FSC Remote CA 94105 United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Merchandising
Remote Eligible:Yes

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 are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

The Opportunity:

Position: Manager Merchandising Strategy

Location: San Francisco CA

Merchandising:

The Merchandising Strategy team is critical to enabling the Merchandising team at large and providing cross-functional support to drive sales growth. They are advocates for merchandising supporting Sephora leadership across the organization. The full Merchandising Strategy team focuses on four cross-world pillars of the merchandising organization: The Sephora Accelerate Program governance budget & strategic planning.

Your role at Sephora:
The Manager Merchandising Strategy plays a pivotal role in advancing cross-category initiatives that drive the strategic direction of the Merchandising organization. This role closely partners with senior leaders to develop compelling insight-driven narratives and high-impact content that influence Merchandising decision-making at the highest levels including Sephora & LVMH executives.

The individual will lead the creation of strategic content reports & storytelling frameworks that articulate key business priorities across all Merchandising categories. With a deep understanding of Merchandising strategies and organizational goals the Manager will distill complex information into clear executive-ready deliverables that inspire action & alignment.

• Strategic Content Development: Lead the creation of high-impact presentations and reports that translate merchandising strategies into compelling executive-ready narratives in alignment with senior stakeholders.
• Executive Storytelling: Translate merchandising strategies into compelling narratives that highlight cross-category insights performance trends & innovation.
• Leadership Engagement: Serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders ensuring alignment & clarity across categories through proactive communication collaboration & relationship building.
• Event Support: Own the content strategy and execution for major internal events (e.g. Town Halls brand and field conferences) including scripting visual storytelling and supporting elements like video production invite lists and gifting.
• Project Management: Support key initiatives through accurate and timely reporting of results. Oversee the development of dashboards & reporting tools that share information track progress measure impact and enable data-driven decisions making across merchandising.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion new tools technologies and ways of working that enhance strategic storytelling collaboration and efficiencies across the organization

Were excited about you if you have:

• 5 years of retail experience
• Proven experience in merchandising strategy or a related field with proficiency partnering with senior leadership and experience receiving interpreting and adapting feedback.
• Exceptional written and visual communication skills with the ability to craft clear concise and visually engaging content.
• Strong project management capabilities with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy across all deliverables.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity through collaboration and insight.
• Proficiency in collaboration tools (e.g. Smartsheet ThoughtSpot Tableau SharePoint etc.) and a willingness to adopt new technologies.
• Strategic thinker with a proactive solution-oriented mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.

The annual base salary range for this position is $96000.00- $128000.00 The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors which may include as applicable the applicants 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 youll 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 40000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3000 stores are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

You can unleash your creativity because weve 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.