Trade Marketing Specialist

LVMH; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 52.000 - 76.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sephora is hiring a Trade Marketing Specialist in Germany to lead floor plan management and in-store visual merchandising across stores and corners. You will manage furniture inventory, coordinate planogram updates, and enable effective execution of local initiatives and brand visibility.

Collaborating with the Retail and Expansion teams, you will drive store openings or remodels, ensure signage and branding are aligned with merchandising concepts, and support stores with templates and

Qualifikationen

• 2–3 years in Trade Marketing with a focus on Visual Merchandising and Animation.
• Willing to travel.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Fluent in English; German a plus.

Aufgaben

• Lead floor plan management for stores and corners in collaboration with the Manager and Retail team, handling ins/outs and furniture updates.
• Manage inventory of furniture across stores and corners.
• Execute planogram/VM updates 4–6 times per year, coordinating production, delivery and installation in-store.
• Create solutions for local initiatives and extra visibility for focus brands.
• Lead Trade Marketing projects for new store openings or remodeling, coordinating with Suppliers and Retail/Expansion teams.

Kenntnisse

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

English fluency

Travel readiness

Team collaboration

Creative thinking

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Jobbeschreibung

At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

Since its inception in 1969 in Limoges, France, and as part of the LVMH Group since 1997, Sephora has been disrupting the prestige beauty retail industry. Today, Sephora continues to break with convention to drive its mission: champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty.

With 56,000 employees in 35 countries, we connect customers and beauty brands within the world’s most passionate beauty community. With a curation of nearly 500 brands, and our own label, Sephora Collection, we offer the most unique and diverse range of products: fragrances, makeup, hair care, skincare... and much more.

As our Trade Marketing Specialist Germany, your main objective is to ensure we have the best visual merchandise and trade animation in our stores. You support our retail teams in all topics related to merchandising to create the best customer experience.

Your focus and expertise are the German market, on top you will be part of projects across our DENS Hub (Germany, Switzerland, Denmark & Sweden).

You will excel and enjoy this position if you are ready to actively handle the following missions:

• You lead the floor plan management for stores and corners in close collaboration with your Manager, the Offer and the Retail team. This means you plan and execute brand ins & outs, changes of locations, update of furniture or other VM materials.
• You manage inventory of furniture in all stores and corners.
• You handle planogram / visual merchandising updates 4-6 times per year, communicate to stores and ensure smooth implementation incl production, delivery and installation in store.
• You create solutions for local initiatives, e.g. SALES execution, Beauty Outlet installation or extra visibility for focus brands
• You are the Trade Marketing project lead for new store openings or remodeling of existing stores; in close collaboration with the Retail and Expansion team: floorplan alignment, order fixtures with suppliers, coordinate installation with different stakeholders, secure visual merchandising production, delivery and installation.
• You live and breath merchandise guidelines: how are products displayed, prices communicated, what signage do we use - you help our retail teams to understand our visual merchandise concept and to executed perfectly.
• You provide stores with templates, signage, printing files, and lead production of institutional permanent merchandising

Animations:

• You lead the animation in stores: alignment of yearly plan with Retail and Offer; forecast, order, production and delivery of trade elements; create merchandise guideline for stores; secure high quality of material and perfect execution in stores.
• You are the point of contact for suppliers for POS materials for stores, you source new suppliers and negotiate with existing suppliers to ensure best quality and pricing.
• You follow up animations and merchandising updates by collecting implementation photos.

Budget:

• You are the owner of OPEX merchandising budget and will follow up regularly with your Manager and Finance team
• You plan and follow-up on CAPEX investments in monthly alignment with Manager and Finance team
• You will be a part of the DENS Trade Marketing team, and you will also work closely with Retail teams, Offer, Finance and Supply Chain and with Sephora Europe team in Paris
• You work very closely with the Category Managers, store teams and Area Managers; you understand how crucial your role is in regard to supporting our stores to ensure retail excellence.
• You fuel creativity - you think outside the box, you find best practices from others and share your own
• You love to spend time in stores to see the needs of retail teams, help to implement and ensure excellent execution
• You travel within DENS (Germany, Scandinavia, Switzerland) periodically to meet your peers and support each other

Do not hesitate to apply if you have… or if you are …

• At least 2-3 years in Trade Marketing with a focus on Visual Merchandise and Animation preferably in a dynamic and growing environment
• Willing to travel
• Profound knowledge with MS Office, especially Excel & PowerPoint
• Knowledge in using Adobe Creative Cloud
• Fluent in English, German a plus
• A strong hand-on mentality
• Comfortable in agile and dynamic environment
• Effective prioritization skills & self-management
• A true team player: comfortable in collaborating across teams and functions
• A creative thinker & problem solver
• Creative and good at driving innovation
• Striving for excellence

Here, you will find:

• Community, in which authenticity is embraced, and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit.
• Culture of empowerment, learning & growth, that offers you the tools, space and opportunity to learn, innovate and lead.
• Work that brings fulfillment. From delighting clients every day, to inspiring our industry at large, every action makes a difference.

Join us and belong to something beautiful.

At Sephora, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for everyone.

Sephora’s stores offer passionate beauty fans across the world a privileged freedom to touch and test products since 1969. The House provides a superior selection of quality products and always keeps pace with the latest trends. The house is built upon the exceptional talents of its beauty professionals who create a perfect environment for adventurous clients who want to experiment and learn. With the innovative range of products in the Sephora Collection, its distinctive stores and bold commitment to new ideas, the House is always able to surprise and delight its clients. At every touch point with its clients, in store and online, Sephora provides an unconventional approach which has made it the most loved beauty community in the world.

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At LVMH, people make the difference in the art of crafting dreams. Our people fuel our dynamic, entrepreneurial culture. We value collective ambitions, encouraging our talents to push boundaries and champion a curious, audacious state of mind. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in nurturing every individual with a growth mindset and development opportunities, consistently empowering them to reach their full potential. We are actively committed to positive impact through an inclusive environment that supports and gives back to our talented community. Join us at LVMH, where your talent is at the heart of our collective successes.