Business Manager - Gucci, Selfridges 3 Manchester Trafford Centre

COTY is the global leader in fragrance and number three in color cosmetics. COTY’s products are sold in over 150 countries around the world. COTY and its brands are committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimize its impact on the environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Business Manager will have ultimate responsibility for driving their business to deliver an overall sales objective as well as ensuring excellence of execution for their account. Accountability for managing and motivating their team. The individual should have experience in managing a team, a strong sales background, and proven experience in beauty with a high level of make-up artistry and preferred fragrance knowledge.

Your main focus:

• Fairly manage distribution of targets to the team (daily, weekly, monthly) and coach and motivate the team to achieve monthly sales targets.
• Build relationships with customers to influence, sell, and upsell.
• Lead by example as a brand ambassador, protecting the equity for Coty brands and adhere to Company uniform and grooming guidelines and ensure the team does so.
• Use of iPad for email, reporting, and VM guidelines.
• Commercial awareness – Coty business performance, competitor activity, and market share.

Within our Retail teams, we’re a magnificent medley of humanity, drawing inspiration from the vast fountain of knowledge and creativity that a diverse population offers. At Coty, everyone’s free to express who they are and who they want to be. With fearless kindness underpinning every action and decision, we unite and include, enabling our people to thrive and carve out the career they aspire to.

The team consists of a Gucci Business Manager, Gucci Assistant Business Manager, and 2 Brand Ambassadors, and you will work closely with several departments such as the Retail Management Team, Visual Merchandising Team, National Account Manager, Regional Education Ambassador, and Area Manager. All your colleagues are sales-focused make-up artists and fragrance experts within our Gucci portfolio. Working in the team, you will need to be a passionate, positive leader and role model, ambitious to succeed and proud to represent this luxury brand. Come and join our Coty family and be part of the winning team.

YOU ARE A COTY FIT

As an experienced Business Manager working in beauty retail, you have a deep passion for makeup and luxury brands and enjoy owning and driving the business as if it were your own. You gain energy from working in a fast-paced and diverse environment. Other than that, you:

• Have experience in managing a team within the beauty industry.
• Knowledge and experience in makeup artistry.
• Strong sales background; working towards and managing targets.
• Ability to build strong relationships with Store Managers and Area Managers.

OUR BENEFITS

As our Business Manager, some of the benefits you will receive are:

• Access to My Coty Shop with fantastic discounts.
• 8% Employer pension contribution.
• Generous family and wellbeing support policies.
• Day off on your birthday.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

A telephone/online introductory meeting follows. A first online/in-person interview. A second interview. You will receive a proposal with the terms of employment.

ABOUT COTY

Coty is one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. At Coty, we celebrate the entire human kaleidoscope and cultivate a culture of fearless kindness. Therefore, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against any candidate or employee and strive to be an open, inclusive, and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic selves. Join us in making over the world of beauty!