Sales & Education Executive - Makeup & Skincare - Travel Retail West (based Dubai)

Estée Lauder Companies; Dubai; On-site; AED 156,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Travel Retail West, a division of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., in Dubai, seeks a Sales & Education Executive for Skincare and Makeup to drive MEIA business. You will lead a team of Counter Managers and Beauty Advisors, set targets, and execute 360 launch programs with excellence.

You will collaborate with the Regional Education Manager to deliver branded trainings in-store and online, maintain store standards, and build strong partnerships with retail partners and internal teams in a

Qualifications

• Experience in skincare and makeup retail in a field-based role is preferred.
• Ability to recruit, coach and develop a team of Counter Managers and Beauty Advisors.
• Strong organisational and leadership capabilities with commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales goals by implementing brand and corporate strategy across MEIA in Dubai.
• Lead, recruit, coach, develop and manage a team of Counter Managers and Beauty Advisors.
• Collaborate with Regional Education Manager to identify and deliver branded trainings in-store and online.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Description

Travel Retail West is seeking a Sales & Education Executive - Skincare and Makeup to support and drive the business across the MEIA. This role is based in Dubai, UAE and will report directly to the Senior Area Sales & Operations Manager.

This role is responsible for the achievement of sales goals through the implementation of the brand and corporate strategy. A strong understanding of the retail environment including setting targets and executing 360 launch programs with excellence is key.The role involves leading, recruiting, coaching, developing and managing a team of Counter Managers and Beauty Advisors, driving the business with a passion for skincare and makeup.

As a Sales and Education Executive you will work closely with the Regional Education Manager to identify and support with the education needs of your team including the execution of branded module trainings both in store and on line. Excellent communication and organisation skills is essential for this role as you will cross collaborate across function and region.

It is important for the Sales and Education Executive to ensure the brand looks it best at all times by ensuring any Visual Merchandising guidelines are adhered to, maintaining store standards including tester orders, hygiene standards and counter maintenance. It also involves establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with key stake holders including our retail partners, Head Office departments, Education, Visual Merchandising, Digital and HR teams. If you like to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and entrepreneurial environment, then Travel Retail is the place for you.

Qualifications

The right candidate will possess a positive and energetic approach with an open mind to test and learn new projects and new and better ways of delivering sales objectives. Excellent people management, organisational and leadership skills combined with strong commercial awareness and computer literacy including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint are required.

It is a field-based role with 80% of the time spent in the field. This is a particularly autonomous role requiring the selected candidate to work on their own initiative.