- Deliver and implement Retail Education strategy for the GCC, both supporting the worldwide brand strategy while making it locally relevant at the service of business.
- Ensure brand message \xe2\x84\x91 are successfully conveyed at counters through BAs.
- Provide local markets Training teams with all tools and materials to ensure perfect consumer experience and product knowledge within the field teams (Multilanguage English/Arabic).
- Support and advise the local markets in career development plans of the field teams + supervise the top position talent pool (team of 12 nationals). Help upskilling the Education function through the right processes and tracking tools for the career development of field teams.
- Foster cooperation with Sales/Marketing to enable local education teams as an efficient business partner at the service of retail excellence.
- Direct management (forecasts, implementation, follow up) of BA grooming and service tools materials.
- Report on a monthly basis on Education KPIs and link with Retail/Sales KPIs to measure impact of Education actions on business results and ensure optimization of human and financial resources.Key ResponsibilitiesEducation
- Provide training directives and materials multi-languages to local trainers for new BA inductions, new product trainings, sales techniques and specific BA development trainings.
- Rollout of company tools and programs for field teams.
- Follow-up with local teams\' performance tracking & assessment tools associated with all the training performed + in link with business results
- Integrate Education with Commercial/Retail and Brand teams to ensure Retail Excellence. Integrate 360 approach to the field teams trainings (Sales, Marketing, PR, Digital)
- Manage and monitor Education budget (orders, uniforms, trainings, travels, expenses, gifting.)Management
- Support and coach local training teams to identify development needs + create individual plans for field teams.
- Actively participate in career development of Senior Roles and Field Management profiles+ Talent Pool
- Directly manage development of career plans for Regional Expert (MUA and Skincare), manage his/her schedule in coordination with Marketing and Sales.Service & Image
- Represents the brand in-room & in-counter
- Ensure consistency of messages & image at POSRequirements: Education, Experience, Functional Skills &KnowledgeEducation
- Minimum 5 years\' experience as Trainer OR a minimum of 3-4 years\' experience in training or retail management.
- Passion for cosmetics & luxury
- Adaptability- able to adapt to different teams, categories, markets
- People& service oriented - generous, friendly, patient, dedicated, adaptable
- Pro-active- dynamic, enthusiastic, team player, entrepreneur, committed, self-driven, open-minded, willing to learn
- Ability to cope with business pressure
- Able to travel GCC + Europe
- 7+ years of experience
- Excellent presentation, communication & organizational skills
- Microsoft Office
- Self-motivated, results oriented, creative thinker
- Ability to simplify expert information
- Sense of luxury, luxury customer & service
- Able to deal with portfolio complexity
- Strong selling skills
- Proven experience in evaluating, motivation, and coaching sales staffABOUT THE COMPANYFor more than a century, we have devoted our energy and our competencies solely to one business: beauty. We have chosen to offer our expertise in the service of women and men worldwide, meeting the infinite diversity of their beauty desires. We are committed to fulfilling this mission ethically and responsibly.

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