Remote Strategic Account Manager - Beauty & Education

L'Oréal USA; BLOOMINGTON (MN); Remote; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

SalonCentric, a subsidiary of L’Oreal USA, seeks a Strategic Account Manager to drive growth with key salon accounts in Minnesota. This remote-friendly role emphasizes omni-channel selling, strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate will travel up to 75% within the Minneapolis region, build comprehensive business plans, educate partners, and deliver measurable sales objectives while maintaining strong customer relationships.

Qualifications

• High school degree required, bachelor's degree strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years demonstrated success in outside sales or beauty industry experience with emphasis on Strategic Account Management and consultative selling.
• Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to easily engage others within an OMNI sales environment.
• Extensive experience in and familiarity with the professional beauty industry, and strong appreciation of beauty brands preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop focused and strategic long-term growth plans for our existing Key Salon Accounts while leveraging SalonCentric and L'Oreal value-add systems to attract new professional salon partnerships within assigned territory.
• Create and execute an O+O commercial strategy through coordination of Joint Business Planning across core salon clients, to ensure growth objectives are met.
• Prospect and acquire new multi-brand salons to add to the SalonCentric portfolio.
• Develop, initiate, and engage in strategic and dynamic sales tactics that create value and competitive advantage for our portfolio of accounts.
• Create and maintain an annual business plan with brand partners to drive growth and profitability.
• Communicate our premium business strategies to develop and maintain profitable long-term partnerships.
• Collaborate with internal partners to identify opportunities for innovation within local market and increase brand awareness.

Skills

Outside sales

Beauty industry experience

PowerPoint

Salesforce.com

Education

High school degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Teams

Salesforce

Job description

SalonCentric, a subsidiary of L’Oreal USA, seeks a Strategic Account Manager to drive growth with key salon accounts in Minnesota. This remote-friendly role emphasizes omni-channel selling, strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate will travel up to 75% within the Minneapolis region, build comprehensive business plans, educate partners, and deliver measurable sales objectives while maintaining strong customer relationships.