- Location
- Neuilly-sur-Seine Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Department
- Executive & General Management
- Posted
- Nov 3, 2026
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.
Sephora is hiring a Strategy and Performance Manager in Neuilly-sur-Seine on a permanent, full-time basis. The role supports the Head of North Region by steering regional performance and governance, coordinating cross-functional strategic projects, and driving execution across the hubs.
Role & Responsibilities
- Serve as the strategic and operational partner to the Head of North Region, coordinating alignment between global functions, regional leadership and country General Managers.
- Translate regional strategic priorities into business KPIs and support their execution across the hubs.
- Synthesize regional performance metrics, including P&Ls, market shares and retail KPIs, and provide data-driven insights and recommendations to support decision-making.
- Track P&L consolidation and budget variances with Region Management Control, identifying cost-optimization opportunities.
- Coordinate strategic presentations and business reports for the EME Executive Committee and LVMH Group, including strategic plans, budget cycles and steering committees.
- Structure, prepare and facilitate governance meetings, including EME and North Region CODIR meetings, GM seminars, performance reviews and project steering committees; follow up on decisions, action plans and milestones.
- Facilitate synergies and knowledge-sharing between hubs, promote consistent retail management and managerial practices, and align with key external entities across Europe, the South Region, the UK and France.
- Represent the Head of North Region at key internal meetings when required, defending the region’s strategic interests.
- Translate strategic ambitions into roadmaps, governance models, timelines, deliverables and success metrics; coordinate project reviews, steering committees, follow-up meetings and data-driven executive updates.
- Lead cross-functional strategic projects across the hubs, ensuring delivery on time and within scope, stakeholder alignment, and follow-through on decisions, action plans and milestones.
- Anticipate execution risks, bottlenecks and dependencies, and propose operational solutions.
- Monitor project KPIs, implementation progress and transformation impact across the hubs.
- Support hubs and local leadership teams in adopting new ways of working, processes and organizational changes related to transformation projects.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree from a business or engineering school, or a university.
- Experience in retail, beauty, luxury, FMCG or another fast-paced consumer environment; strategic and operational experience in the beauty sector is highly preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to read a P&L and turn complex topics into actionable recommendations.
- Full professional proficiency in English or bilingual English is mandatory; knowledge of other languages spoken in the region is an asset.
Skills
Experience
At least 5 years of professional experience in management consulting, corporate strategy or strategy execution roles, with a proven track record of delivering strategic assignments and structuring and managing complex cross-functional projects.
Education
Master’s degree from a business or engineering school, or a university.
Workplace
The role is situated in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France — conveniently close to Paris.
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Benefits
A culture of empowerment, learning and growth, with tools and opportunities to learn, innovate and lead; work described as fulfilling and impactful.
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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