Full-Time Beauty Lead Advisor - Sephora

KOHLS; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Beauty Lead Advisor to enhance customer experiences and drive sales. In this dynamic role, you will engage clients with your beauty expertise, guiding them through product selections while supporting a collaborative team environment. Your ability to inspire and connect with customers will be crucial in maintaining high standards of service and visual merchandising. Join a forward-thinking company that values integrity, teamwork, and personal growth, offering a range of benefits to ensure a balanced work-life experience.

Benefits

PTO

Vacation Buy Program

Parental Leave

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Discounts

Legal Assistance Benefits

Qualifications

• 3+ years in client-facing roles, preferably in retail or service.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence clients.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales and client engagement through expert product knowledge.
• Support the Beauty Team and ensure excellent client experiences.

Skills

Passion for beauty

Client-facing retail experience

Excellent communication skills

Availability for flexible hours

Job description

Role Specific Information

Job Description

About the Role

As Beauty Lead Advisor, you will drive sales through an authentic passion for beauty and engage the team and clients by identifying their needs with a consultative approach. You will maintain expert knowledge of top beauty brands, execute merchandise sets and support replenishment and visual standards. You will guide the team to meet Sephora at Kohl’s standards and ensure an excellent overall client experience.

What You’ll Do

• Provide guidance for the Beauty Team through strong partnership with the Store Manager.
• Communicate initiatives, between Store Manager and Beauty Advisors, providing feedback and coaching.
• Act as a point of contact for Store Manager, Sephora Training Team and other partners.
• Build strong client loyalty and influence clients by identifying their needs and suggesting products to drive sales, including the opportunity to upsell products.
• Provide credibility to the client through knowledge of products and beauty trends.
• Inspire clients through demonstrating products and application of products.
• Understand and execute the sales plans to support and meet goals.
• Execute and maintain all Sephora visual merchandising and operational standards, including merchandise sets, tester maintenance and department cleanliness and hygiene standards.
• Ensure timely and consistent sales floor replenishment to drive sales and enhance the customer experience.
• Actively engage and complete all required training to expand knowledge.
• Support omni-processing within the department.
• Support inventory management from receipt to sale, including freight processing, back stocking, inventory counts and price changes.

All associates are responsible for:

• Acting with integrity and honesty and fostering teamwork in an engaged and inclusive culture.
• Exercising good judgment and discernment when making decisions; taking appropriate partners as needed.
• Supporting and executing safety and shortage reduction programs following company guidelines.
• Accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes.
• Following company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
• Maintaining adherence to company safety policies for the safety of all associates and customers.
• Receiving, understanding and proactively responding to direction from leaders and other company personnel.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

What Skills You Have

Required

• Authentic passion for beauty.
• 3 years of client-facing retail or service industry experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence in a clear and concise manner.
• Availability to work days, nights, weekends and holidays.

Essential Functions

The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description at any time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section.
• Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs.
• Ability to comply with dress code requirements.
• Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation.
• Ability to operate and communicate on multiple frequency devices, handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed.
• Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company.
• Perform work in accordance with the Physical Requirements section.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. frequently and occasionally over 50 lbs. with a two person lift.
• Ability to climb, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, twist, reach, lift, grasp, push and pull on a frequent basis.
• Ability to stand/walk for the duration of a scheduled shift (at least 8 hours).
• Ability to visually verify information and locate and inspect merchandise.
• Ability to comply with health and safety standards.

Pay Range: $18.25 - $25.55

Kohl’s offers a variety of benefits to associates depending on full-time/part-time status and work hours, including: WORK LIFE BALANCE (PTO, Vacation Buy Program, Parental Leave), HEALTH & WELLNESS (Medical, Dental, Vision and other short and long term disability programs, Emergency health and wellness programs such as Accident Protection Plans, Critical Illness Plans and more), SAVINGS & RETIREMENT BENEFITS (401k, Flexible Spending Accounts and associate discount programs with Kohl’s partners), INSURANCE PROGRAMS (Life Insurance for you, your family or your pet, as well as other protection programs), and LIFE EVENTS (Legal and adoption assistance benefits).