Sephora Assistant Brand Partnership Manager

About Sephora

Sephora is a global prestige beauty leader, renowned for redefining the retail experience through creativity, inclusivity, and expert service. Founded in France and now part of LVMH, the company brings together an exceptional portfolio of beauty brands with a distinctive culture of discovery and innovation. As an employer, Sephora offers a dynamic, customer-centered environment where talent is encouraged to learn, experiment, and grow across retail, digital, merchandising, operations, and corporate functions. Its teams are united by a passion for beauty, entrepreneurship, and belonging, making Sephora a compelling workplace for professionals seeking impact within a fast-moving international brand.

Role & Responsibilities

• Support Brand Partnership Managers with the preparation and follow-up of annual negotiations and commercial agreements with brands across Europe.
• Prepare negotiation meetings by collecting and consolidating commercial data, updating tracking files, contributing to presentation materials, and organizing meetings.
• Handle the administrative follow-up of negotiated agreements, including forwarding documents to relevant contacts, tracking deadlines, and verifying the accuracy of shared information.
• Coordinate implementation of agreements with relevant teams by following up, updating case progress, and monitoring approvals and signatures.
• Collect and track suppliers’ General Terms and Conditions of Sale (CGV); with support from negotiation managers and Legal, contribute to their analysis and prepare letters outlining points of reservation.
• Collect brands’ price lists and send them to management control; help analyze price increases to support the team’s negotiation strategy for each brand.
• Support annual contract preparation with negotiation managers, legal counsel, and other Offer department teams by preparing documents and meetings and maintaining administrative tracking and negotiation progress.
• Depending on experience, contribute to preparing contract templates and appendices detailing commercial terms, with team support and in accordance with procedures and negotiation deadlines.
• Manage invoicing for commercial cooperation services in collaboration with Accounting.
• Manage supplier product return campaigns.
• Record various counterpart benefits following the close of the negotiation campaign.
• Support the team’s day-to-day work by handling operational, administrative, and logistical requests with rigor, responsiveness, and a service-oriented approach.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master 1 degree, specializing in Purchasing or Commercial studies.
• Sensitivity to legal matters.
• Rigorous, autonomous, analytical, proactive, dynamic, and organized.
• Detail-oriented, comfortable with numbers, and able to work collaboratively.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to adapt quickly to different internal and external contacts.
• Good command of office software, including Pack Office.
• Fluent French and English.

Skills

Experience

Beginner

Education

Master 1 specialization in Purchasing or Commercial studies.

Culture

Sephora fosters a dynamic, inclusive workplace where creativity, curiosity, and a passion for beauty are encouraged at every level. As an employer, it is distinguished by its focus on empowerment, continuous learning, and a collaborative retail culture that celebrates individuality and client-centric innovation.

About Cerulean

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