Sephora Environmental Project Manager

Overview

Sephora is a leading international prestige beauty retailer and a member of the LVMH group. The brand operates across many markets with a diverse portfolio of partner labels and its own private line, and is recognised for a fast‑paced, consumer‑centric retail model and an emphasis on innovation, inclusion and brand collaboration.

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy and animate Sephora’s regional environmental strategy in line with global objectives, translating high‑level goals into operational plans and KPIs.
• Lead the operational roll‑out on key themes: energy strategy and carbon footprint reduction, waste management and circular solutions, and customer‑facing initiatives to promote responsible consumption (recycling, responsible product offerings).
• Coordinate and animate a network of country and functional referents across the Europe region to ensure alignment and delivery of agreed action plans.
• Collect, consolidate and verify environmental data from regional markets; manage extra‑financial reporting, data audits and performance analysis for the Europe zone.
• Represent Sephora in cross‑company and industry working groups (including LVMH initiatives) to share best practices and generate synergies.
• Provide environmental expertise to internal functions—logistics, supply chain, retail and marketing (ecodesign), and sourcing—to integrate sustainability requirements and reduce impacts.
• Design and deliver training, internal communication tools and change management activities to raise employee awareness and build capability.
• Manage external service providers and lead cross‑functional projects to ensure timely delivery and budget control.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in sustainable development, environmental engineering, or equivalent (business school or engineering degree with sustainability specialisation).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience within a corporate environmental or sustainability team, including ownership of environmental reporting or energy management (preferably in B2C/retail environments).
• Proven experience building and implementing action plans to meet regulatory and corporate requirements in a retail context.
• Strong project management capability with demonstrated experience setting KPIs, planning, measuring impact and reporting results.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to coordinate matrixed networks and work across functions and countries.
• Analytical rigour, budget management experience and the capacity to make data‑driven decisions.
• Fluent English (professional working proficiency); comfortable working in an international, dynamic and complex environment.

Skills

Experience

Minimum 5 years in a corporate environmental or sustainability function, with direct responsibility for reporting or energy management; prior experience in retail or B2C preferred.

Education

Master’s degree in sustainable development, environmental management, engineering or a business degree with a sustainability specialisation.

Workplace

Culture

Sephora cultivates an inclusive, collaborative culture centred on creativity and consumer experience. As part of the LVMH group, the workplace encourages professional development, cross‑disciplinary collaboration and a commitment to innovation and responsible business practices.

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