Who We Are: At Huda Beauty, our Mission is to create a world of beauty where everyone is celebrated, so that we can inspire you to find your magic! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty and media brands. As a company, we are fuelled by purpose and not profit, this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on Kaizen, breaking boundaries and our unwavering passion for kindness!
Summary: In this role you will be responsible for leading our best-in-class sales + education team whilst driving the next phase of field sales growth and expansion. You will develop our field sales strategy to drive the Sales + Education team to achieve sell-through targets and build brand awareness within our retail partners.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop, build + implement a best-in-class field sales strategy to achieve company targets
- Lead, motivate + manage the field team to drive performance and store productivity
- Develop a deep understanding of the European Retailer accounts, field employees and our customers to deliver effective sales experiences and education.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, partners, and stakeholders.
- Work closely with Commercial + Marketing colleagues to create and execute strategies to drive traffic and sales conversion
- Ensure consistent brand messaging and adherence to company standards in all points of distribution
- Manage and facilitate annual sales meetings alongside the European education team
- Prepare regular sales reports, competitor activities and customer needs to identify opportunities for growth
- Facilitation of European masterclasses & retailer conventions.
- Manage annual Field Sales expense budgets, including T&E, gratis, collateral, events, Beauty Advisor spend, and allocate budgets as necessary to maximise impact.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a cosmetics management role, preferably within a multinational environment.
- Training facilitation experience inclusive of coaching sales + educations teams.
- SEPHORA experience preferred
- Fluency in English; proficiency in other European languages is a plus.
- Strong project management, cross-functional communication & influencing skills
- Strong written and oral communication, organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to use Microsoft Office to a high standard.
- Proven ability to inspire and motivate a field sales team
- Candidates must be results-oriented with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- This position requires at least 60% UK & EU travel and may include some further international travel
Benefits
- Monthly “Self Love Day” – at company discretion
- Premium Medical and Dental coverage for employee plus dependents
- Coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach
- Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products
- Hybrid working schedules (home and office)
- Quarterly product gifting
Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.