Senior Manager, Merchandising Strategy & Business Development

at  Sephora

Job Type: Full Time
Function: Merchandising
Address: 160 Bloor Street East, 11th Floor, Toronto, ON
Working Model: Hybrid
At Sephora Canada, we’re passionate about finding and sharing beauty in the world. Our constant innovation, our ability to see and lead trends, and our focus on providing an outstanding customer experience make us the most-loved beauty community and top of mind for every Canadian. We find beauty in our communities, in our differences, our experiences, and in the spirit of our employees.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Are you passionate about providing strategic guidance to the omni merchandising team? As the Senior Manager, Merchandising Strategy & Business Development, you will be responsible for identifying strategies to drive cross category sales growth, profitability, and efficiencies. You will play a role in building strong relationships with our cross-functional, North American and global teams while working to create effective and coordinated processes! Dive deep into our merchandising strategies and play a key role in our Merchandising team at Sephora!

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Cross-World Merchandising Programs:

• Collaborate with the marketing team to facilitate Commercial Planning process and coordinate cross-world merchandising programs
• Ensure project plans are in place with clear communication with timely delivery of programs while collaborating with North American teams
• Evaluate Sephora’s overall pricing and promotions while creating reports, preparing executive presentations, and presenting performance hindsight recaps
• Analyze data to make informed decisions on the effectiveness and opportunities for Merchandising programs

Merchandise Business Development & Operations:

• Participate and lead cross functional projects related to Sephora Canada key strategies while evaluating the viability of potential new initiatives and special projects through collaborating with cross-functional, North American, and global teams
• Provide objective analyses of initiatives and develop analytics and information to present to leadership about monthly highlights and merchandising operations figures
• Partner with COE and planning team to strategize tools and processes and create successful improvements for the merchandising and planning teams
• Help launch pilot programs to test and learn before launching in the market; report findings and make recommendations to Merchant team
• Partner with the operations team to enhance our tester & damages collections while influencing RTV and create a better process for the Merchants to operate within to stay on top of these collections