Assistant Business Manager - Gucci

Coty; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in beauty seeks a passionate Assistant Business Manager to drive sales and lead a dynamic team. This role involves supporting the Business Manager, coaching team members, and building strong customer relationships. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in beauty retail, particularly in makeup artistry and fragrance. Join a vibrant team that values diversity and creativity, and enjoy benefits like discounts and a day off on your birthday. If you're ready to make an impact in the world of luxury beauty, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Access to My Coty Shop with discounts

8% Employer pension contribution

Generous family and wellbeing support

Day off on your birthday

Qualifications

• Experience in beauty retail with a strong sales background.
• Knowledge of makeup artistry and fragrance is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support Business Manager in achieving sales targets and team motivation.
• Build customer relationships to drive sales and upselling.

Skills

Sales Management

Makeup Artistry

Fragrance Knowledge

Team Leadership

Commercial Awareness

Tools

iPad

Job description

ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER - GUCCI

HARRODS, LONDON

FULL TIME, 37.5 HOURS A WEEK

COTY is the global leader in fragrance and number three in color cosmetics. COTY's products are sold in over 150 countries around the world. COTY and its brands are committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimize its impact on the environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Assistant Manager will be responsible for supporting the Business Manager to deliver an overall sales objective as well as ensuring excellence of execution for their account. Assisting in managing and motivating their team. This role requires the individual to represent the Business Manager when they are not in store. The individual should have a strong sales background and proven experience in beauty with a high level of make-up artistry and preferred fragrance knowledge.

Your main focus:

1. Support BM to coach and motivate the team to achieve monthly sales targets and maintain company benchmarks on ASP, Sales Mix and Split
2. Build relationships with customers to influence and sell and upsell
3. Lead by example as a brand ambassador, protecting the equity for Coty brands and adhere to Company uniform and grooming guidelines and ensure the team does so
4. Use of iPad for email, reporting and VM guidelines
5. Commercial awareness - Coty business performance, competitor activity and market share

Within our Retail teams, we're a magnificent medley of humanity, drawing inspiration from the vast fountain of knowledge and creativity that a diverse population offers. At Coty, everyone's free to express who they are and who they want to be. With fearless kindness underpinning every action and decision, we unite and include, enabling our people to thrive and carve out the career they aspire to.

The team consists of a Gucci Business Manager, an Assistant Business Manager, and 3 Brand Ambassadors and you will work closely together with several departments such as the Retail Management Team, Visual Merchandising Team, National Account Manager, Regional Education Ambassador, and Area Manager. All your colleagues are sales-focused make-up artists and fragrance experts within our Gucci portfolio. Working in the team, you will need to be a passionate, positive leader and role model, ambitious to succeed and proud to represent this luxury brand.

Come and join our Coty family and be part of the winning team.

YOU ARE A COTY FIT

As an experienced Assistant Business Manager working in beauty retail, you have a deep passion for makeup and luxury brands and enjoy owning and driving the business as if it were your own. You get energy from working in a fast-paced and diverse environment.

Other than that, you:

1. Have experience leading and supporting managing a team within beauty
2. Knowledge and experience in makeup artistry. Fragrance experience would also be desirable
3. Strong sales background; working towards and managing targets
4. Ability to build strong relationships with Business Manager, Store Managers, and Area Manager

OUR BENEFITS

As our Assistant Business Manager some of the benefits you will receive are:

1. Access to My Coty Shop with fantastic discounts
2. 8% Employer pension contribution
3. Generous family and wellbeing support policies
4. Day off on your birthday

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

1. A telephone/online introductory meeting follows.
2. A first online/in-person interview
3. A second interview
4. You will receive a proposal with the terms of employment.

ABOUT COTY

Coty is one of the world's largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. At Coty, we celebrate the entire human kaleidoscope and cultivate a culture of fearless kindness. Therefore, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against any candidate or employee and strive to be an open, inclusive, and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic selves. Join us in making over the world of beauty!

For additional information about Coty Inc., please visit www.coty.com/your-career.