Key Account Manager - ULTA

Henkel; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

401k matching

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Henkel is seeking an experienced sales/account leader to own the Ulta business and drive growth in the Consumer Brands unit. You will manage day-to-day performance, build relationships with Ulta teams, and lead planning, forecasting, and reviews to identify opportunities.

Collaboration across Sales, Marketing, Education, and Supply Chain is essential. The role requires a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 5+ years in beauty sales, with strong Excel/PowerPoint skills and travel up to 30%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of sales or account management experience within the beauty industry.
• Direct Ulta account management experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing large-scale beauty businesses, including assortment, planogram, and retailer growth initiatives.
• Proven track record of building customer relationships and delivering sales growth.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables preferred), PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience with Ulta's PIM Portal is a plus.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, strong business acumen, and ambition to grow within the organization.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow the Ulta business, managing day-to-day account performance and delivering sales objectives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Ulta buying teams and key stakeholders.
• Lead account planning, forecasting, budgeting, and business reviews to identify growth opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Develop and execute strategies that drive distribution, placement, promotions, and retail sales.
• Leverage business insights, market trends, and competitive analysis to support decision-making and account growth.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Education, Supply Chain, and other internal teams to execute key initiatives and product launches.
• Operate independently, proactively solving challenges and driving continuous improvement across the business.

Skills

Ulta acct mgmt

Beauty industry

Sales & acct mgmt

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Excel

PowerPoint

PIM Portal

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping thefuture through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trustedbrands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and ourcutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore newpaths and grow.

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where weempower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hairproducts to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance inyour career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• Own and grow the Ulta business, managing day-to-day account performance and delivering sales objectives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Ulta buying teams and key stakeholders.
• Lead account planning, forecasting, budgeting, and business reviews to identify growth opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Develop and execute strategies that drive distribution, placement, promotions, and retail sales.
• Leverage business insights, market trends, and competitive analysis to support decision-making and account growth.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Education, Supply Chain, and other internal teams to execute key initiatives and product launches.
• Operate independently, proactively solving challenges and driving continuous improvement across the business.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of sales or account management experience within the beauty industry.
• Direct Ulta account management experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing large-scale beauty businesses, including assortment, planogram, and retailer growth initiatives.
• Proven track record of building customer relationships and delivering sales growth.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables preferred), PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience with Ulta's PIM Portal is a plus.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, strong business acumen, and ambition to grow within the organization.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordableplans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time offincluding sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybridwork policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching,employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares,annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week genderneutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertilitysupport, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderlycare, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse nationaland international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skillsdevelopment courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary rangefor this role is $100,000.00 and $115,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimumand maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at thetime of posting.In addition to base salary, this position may be eligiblefor incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. TheCompany also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actualcompensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills,experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended tocomply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does notaccept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies.Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore,Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of anunsolicited referral.

At Henkel, wecome from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. Webelieve the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is anequal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard torace, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status,genetic information, and other legally protected categories.