- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Department
- Retail & Boutique Operations
- Posted
- Nov 2, 2026
The Retail Performance Manager leads sales, productivity, profitability, brand execution, client experience and people development across assigned La Prairie retail locations in Japan. The role translates retail strategy into store-level action, drives KPI performance and client development, and builds high-performing teams through field leadership, coaching and business reviews.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the business performance of assigned retail locations, delivering sales, productivity and profitability objectives.
- Translate Japan Retail strategy into store-level priorities and action plans, driving execution through Counter Managers and Beauty Advisors.
- Define, cascade and monitor sales targets and key retail KPIs; identify performance gaps and drive corrective actions.
- Conduct regular store visits and business reviews with Counter Managers to strengthen execution, productivity and accountability.
- Identify growth opportunities based on store performance, client potential, market trends and competitor activities.
- Drive clienteling, CRM, AOP/AOB, and client recruitment and retention to develop local and tourist business.
- Elevate La Prairie’s luxury client experience across assigned points of sale, ensuring excellence in the selling ceremony, consultation, clienteling and follow-up.
- Ensure consistent brand execution, visual merchandising, stock management and retail operations in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
- Lead field execution of brand activations, launches, events and commercial initiatives, with measurable business impact.
- Build strong working relationships with department-store counterparts and key store-level stakeholders to support commercial initiatives and maximize business opportunities.
- Lead, coach and develop Counter Managers as business leaders, strengthening their ownership of sales, people and client development.
- Build high-performing retail teams through recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management and succession planning.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and provide structured, actionable coaching to Counter Managers and Beauty Advisors.
- Drive Beauty Advisor engagement through empowerment, trust, recognition and open communication.
- Identify capability gaps and partner with Education to implement measurable development and coaching plans.
- Ensure Counter Managers effectively manage individual performance, productivity, engagement and development within their teams.
- Create a positive, collaborative retail culture that promotes high performance, engagement and teamwork.
Qualifications
- At least 5 years’ experience in luxury, with strong exposure to coaching and training.
- Demonstrated ability to drive sales growth and service excellence through people management.
- Experience leading teams across multiple locations.
- Previous multichannel experience is desirable.
- Beauty industry experience is preferred; hospitality industry experience is desirable.
Skills
Experience
At least 5 years’ experience in luxury, with coaching and training exposure; experience leading teams across multiple locations. Multichannel experience is desirable; beauty industry experience is preferred, and hospitality experience is desirable.
About Cerulean
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