Area Manager - NYX Professional Makeup - Central London

NYX Professional Makeup Area Manager, Central London

The world leader in beauty, L’Oréal is present in 130 countries on five continents. Our 32 international brands have allowed us to devote ourselves solely to one business: beauty, with a mission to provide the best in cosmetics innovation to all women and men. We want to bring beauty to all people. Our ambition by 2020 is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by crafting the cosmetic products that meet the infinite diversity of their beauty needs and dreams through continued digital innovation. L’Oréal encourages diversity and sustainable, ethical sourcing for all our products and we have reduced our emissions by approx. 50% since 2005.

What are key highlights of this role?

NYX Professional Makeup is the latest L’Oreal acquisition; a groundbreaking makeup specialist brand with ambitious expansion plans in 1H 2016. As a brand that is new to retail in the UK, it will provide a dynamic, test and learn environment. The Area Manager South sits within NYX Professional Makeup , reporting to the National Field Sales Manager.

As an Area Manager you are fully responsible for the success of your geographical area with the primary task of ensuring the deliverance of your specific retail budget. You will deliver the highest results in all performance sectors by passionately leading a sales team to achieve daily along with building strong store relationships. When in-store, you will mentor & develop your teams by selling side-by-side with them, while seeking ways to grow each of their business doors, surpassing sales and service targets and other key performance indicators (KPI’s). A key part of the role is the development of their doors by working with and maintaining strong relationships with store management team.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Deliverance of Retail Targets
• Manage direct reports daily (Beauty Advisers/Account Manager)
• Recruit, hire and train successful sales teams who are passionate about NYX Professional Makeup.
• Deliver expectations on all your Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s): Staffing, Store Launch Events, timely communications
• Research and maintain a strong skill base by using the brand training manual and education programme.
• Ensure counters are in stock; Monitor stock level within stores, raise all stock issues to national manager/head office team for follow up

What key skills are L’Oréal looking for?

• Previous sales and team management experience, ideally within beauty industry
• Experience and understanding of effective sales techniques and customer service
• Strong analytical skills

• Real passion for Makeup; ideally makeup artistry skills
• Experience in counter openings/new team set-up
• Demonstrates entrepreneurship
• Manages Complexity
• Achieves results with integrity
• Acts/Leads with human sensitivity
• Displays sensitivity to the métier
• Interacts effectively
• Innovates

What could L’Oréal offer me?

L’Oréal is focused on talent development. We will support you throughout your career with regular reviews and clear expectations and objectives. If you meet these objectives, you can expect your career to progress to other roles either internationally or in another Division. We will also provide you with world class learning and development opportunities as well as excellent benefits.