TULA is looking for an experienced Account Executive to join our field team. This role is responsible for building brand awareness, driving sales and delivering best in class customer service through implementing and developing field sales, education, training, and event strategies. Additionally, the management and development of Beauty Advisors in key markets will be an important responsibility. Our Account Executive, based in Canada will work closely with the TULA North America Regional Leads , Field Sales Director and Education teams as well as our retail partners to maximize consumer-facing initiatives and drive strategic in-store programs, events and education.
Key Responsibilities
- Achieve targeted territory sales growth within budgeted parameters
- Foster professional, dynamic relationships with all levels of retailer employees through education, training, and business review communication
- Side by side field selling and training with retailers and Beauty Advisors
- Implement, evaluate, and develop national and market specific branded retailer training and event programs to build brand awareness and increase market share
- Train store and field teams on product knowledge and customized skincare evaluations to build internal and external brand champions and customer base
- Develop support strategy by market to determine support type and location for Beauty Advisor teams
- Hire, develop, and retain a team of talented Beauty Advisors
- Evaluate business needs and schedule BA team accordingly and within budget
- Analyze sales tools, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales reports to continually assess opportunities, trends, call cycle evaluation, and overall productivity
- Responsible for maximizing territory productivity by analyzing market-specific needs by door and creating appropriate action plans
- Manage and coordinate branded store-generated and corporately approved events, including pre-event timelines, event execution, and post-event debriefs
- Manage and coordinate high level trainings and educational programs with retailer partnership
- Ensure brand merchandising and visual standards are aligned with company expectations.
- Recommend best practices and process opportunities to maximize team efficiencies
- Ensure inventory optimization through proper store and corporate communication and evaluation
- Provide innovation insight on competitive trends, insights, assortment needs, and best practices
Qualifications
- Minimum of 3-5 years experience as an Account Executive in beauty partnering with retailers including Sephora
- A proven track record of achieving personal and territory sales goals.
- Strong leadership, sales, customer service, budget management and organizational skills
- Excellent at time management
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Growth mindset that translates into a passion for the consumer in a fun and fresh way
- Quick-thinking hands-on, organized problem-solver
- Team player with a positive attitude
- Impeccable written, and verbal communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook/Google docs, sheets and slides a plus
- Have a desire to flourish in a fast-paced environment with an entrepreneurial spirit
- Love beauty, skincare, health & wellness!
Additional Requirements
- Ability to lift, push and pull up to 50 lbs
- Able to stand for up to 8 hours a day, with breaks
- Spends at least 80% of time in the field/in store
- Ability to travel up to 50%
About TULA Skincare
TULA, meaning "balance" in Sanskrit, is a leading skincare & wellness brand built on the power of probiotic extracts & superfoods. We believe that the same ingredients which are good for your body are also great for your skin. We focus on being healthy, not perfect & feeling confident in your skin. We are committed to bringing clean, clinically proven & effective skincare to the market. We are proudly cruelty-free. Alongside TULA.com we retail with ULTA Beauty, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Dermstore, QVC, & Amazon. We raised a Series A led by L Catterton, the largest consumer-focused private equity group in the world. Our team has experience in some of the top consumer startups & beauty companies. TULA headquarters are based in New York City.