Merchandising Development Director, Asia

At Sephora, we reimagine beauty, discover new brands, and influence positive change every day. Our Merchandising Leaders play a key role in that. As part of a dynamic merchandising community, you’ll discover brands, start trends, and develop entirely new products and categories. Through creative curation and storytelling in-store and across our digital channels, you’ll help our brands bring their assortment to life and delight our customers. Get ready to think creatively, work strategically, and make your mark at a leading global retailer. Together, we’re evolving, innovating, and reimagining the future of beauty and retail.

Your Scope will include…
A unique opportunity to work closely with the leadership team of Sephora, both globally and regionally. This is an exciting opportunity to join the fastest growing region of a global beauty powerhouse in a high impact role.

• You will provide strategic vision and elevate the Sephora Asia Merchandising Roadmap.
• You will seek out the hottest new brands and categories while elevating existing brands through partnering with the Asia merchandising teams.
• You will oversee the management of “seed projects” to test, learn and launch their growth in support of topline growth strategies.

You will be based in Singapore and travel, at times frequently, across the region and globally as and when required.

You will shine here if you enjoy…

• Partner with VP Merchandising on the annual merchandising strategy; provide strategic vision with a 3-year perspective and elevate the Asia Merchandising Roadmap.
• Leverage Key Account relationships in Asia to drive negotiations.
• Partner with the merchants in China, South East Asia/Pac, and New Markets to develop comprehensive briefs by utilizing compelling storytelling techniques.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, execute pilot programs, recap learnings and develop recommendations / next steps.

• Analyse all elements of the Sephora business (brands, categories, markets) to identify emerging trends and areas of opportunity; deliver key insights to merchandising leadership team.
• Identify under-developed categories within Sephora Asia and articulate proposals for investing in specified categories.
• Build a seed strategy; track category development opportunities across China, South East Asia/Pac and New Markets; report on the areas for seed planting and their progress.
• Evaluate new brands and work with merchants to make new product introductions.
• In collaboration with the VP Merchandising China, prepare for the transition away from animal testing requirement in China.

• Support VP in preparation for and participation in:
• Strategic Planning and Merchandise Budget Plan meetings.
• Merchandising monthly highlights reports.
• Global Merchandising meetings.
• Annual Asia meeting.
• Merchandise operations meetings.
• Prepare and present Trend presentations.

• You’re on top of what’s hot, new, and trending in beauty, fragrance, and skincare.
• You have experience leading complex negotiations.
• You carry a strong leadership presence; you are a bold and fearless leader.
• You can lead through influencing.
• You are an analytical and creative thinker with an ability to foster new opportunities to grow the business.
• You master high level problem solving and have intellectual curiosity.
• You have strong verbal and written communications in English (required); a second Asian language proficiency will be an advantage.
• You have exceptional organizational skills with excellent cross-functional and cross-cultural communication.
• You utilize your storytelling ability to build and deliver convincing executive presentations.
• You bring experience in retail both on- & offline (omni channel).
• You have experience in beauty the industry and/or a keen passion for beauty.

• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, and passionate people whom you will be proud to work with.
• The learning. We invest heavily in training for our leaders and employees. Not just product knowledge but building a personalized career plan so that you continue to evolve and build your skills and personal brand.
• The culture. As the leading omni-channel beauty retailer, and part of the LVMH Group, our reach is broad and our impact is global. It’s in the Sephora DNA to champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty.

Sephora is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, or other employment practices. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.