Sales Manager- Cosmetics Department
CurrentThe Sales Manager of Cosmetics leads a team of Beauty Advisors that drive the customer experience and achieve all sales targets. The role is also responsible for providing an employee experience for the team that retains key talent, drives performance, and rewards and recognizes top performers.Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:•Lead, motivate, and retain a team of high performing employees•Continuously recruit, select, hire, and on-board the best talent.•Communicate performance goals to employees and provide coaching to behaviors that help achieve those goals.•Recognize and reward extraordinary performance; give feedback and develop performance improvement plans for underperforming employees.•Serve as manager-in-charge of the store and assume General Manager duties as requested.•Partner with the Cosmetics vendors, vendor representatives, and designated Beauty Advisors to achieve sales goals; support line specific initiatives in partnership with the vendor•Assist the store team with customer service, POS, and service and selling.•Maintain the highest standards of visual merchandising presentation at all times.•Drive support for the Merchant Cosmetics teams’ strategy in the store environment.•Continuously evaluate inventory performance and develop strategies for improvement.•Build strong, collaborative relationships with Cosmetics buying team.•Participate and influence the development of Cosmetic seasonal plans through the Parallel Planning process•Create staffing schedules for department and manage additions to staffing; manage the Cosmetics coordinator, workflow, and duties
