Production Manager Jobs

Job ID: 227290
Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA_0173)
Address: FSC, Remote, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Marketing
Remote Eligible:Yes

Company Overview:

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the Extra Ordinary in each of us. We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

The Opportunity:

Your role at Sephora... As our Production Manager, you will partner with internal teams and external vendors to bring creative visions to life. This position will focus primarily on the development of the visual design space and merchandising execution, as well as managing retail production purchasing, distribution and store support of all merchandiser and printed marketing materials in various retail environments. This position will report to the Senior Production Manager.

• Independently anticipate and meet store needs when it comes to operational execution of in-store materials and field communication
• Comfortable with moving forward on tasks before all the details are known
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal Sephora and Sephora within a Kohl’s teams from the store design, marketing, program management, merchandising, operations and store procurement teams
• Drives tasks to successful completion and closure by managing print production timelines with internal teams and external vendors to ensure all goods deliver on time, and by partnering with Senior Manager to review budgets ensuring that projects are tracking to budget allocation and raise awareness of potential at-risk situations
• Maintain accuracy of data that informs assets version on distribution lists
• Uses expertise to provide quality control and set internal expectations for all visual merchandising and print production prototypes
• Manages Ambiguity
  • Willingness to ask questions and seek direction when tasks are unclear
  • Keeps an open mind and operate with flexibility to changing priorities
  • Comfortable with moving forward on tasks before all the details are known
• Drive Results
  • Maintains work focus despite obstacles or setbacks, and proactively flags issues to Senior Manager
  • Drives tasks to successful completion and closure by managing print production timelines with internal teams and external vendors to ensure all goods deliver on time, and by partnering with Senior Manager to review budgets ensuring that projects are tracking to budget allocation and raise awareness of potential at-risk situations
  • Uses expertise to provide quality control and set internal expectations for all visual merchandising and print production prototypes
  • Drives fixture development, visual merchandising and production practices for multiple projects simultaneously and across multiple store and fixture types across North America
• Partners with internal teams and external vendors in the design of new and innovative in-store visual merchandising strategies
• Welcomes input from others and direction from Senior Manager to develop and implement creative ideas
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  Collaborates
  • Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal Sephora and Sephora within a Kohl’s teams from the store design, marketing, program management, merchandising, operations and store procurement teams
  • Builds and maintains strong external vendor relationships with established and new vendors to manage schedules, costing and value engineering to deliver graphics and marketing and fixtures on time and on budget
  • Partners with internal teams and external vendors in the design of new and innovative in-store visual merchandising strategies
• Cultivates Creativity & Disruption
  • Suggests creative ideas and innovative solutions by presenting new materials, manufacturing opportunities and visual merchandising strategies to creative and marketing teams
  • Learns and applies innovative methods, tools, and production processes to projects
  • Actively seeks exposure to new ways of working and looking at established processes
  • Welcomes input from others and direction from Senior Manager to develop and implement creative ideas
• Maintains work focus despite obstacles or setbacks, and proactively flags issues to Senior Manager
• Learns and applies innovative methods, tools, and production processes to projects
• Proactively present opportunities to improve the client experience through optimization of store execution processes
• Applies expertise in ways that are unique and innovative to create successful workflow processes and implement new processes when necessary
• Suggests creative ideas and innovative solutions by presenting new materials, manufacturing opportunities and visual merchandising strategies to creative and marketing teams
• Builds and maintains strong external vendor relationships with established and new vendors to manage schedules, costing and value engineering to deliver graphics and marketing and fixtures on time and on budget
• Client Focus
  • Proactively present opportunities to improve the client experience through optimization of store execution processes
  • Independently anticipate and meet store needs when it comes to operational execution of in-store materials and field communication
  • Maintain accuracy of data that informs assets version on distribution lists
  • Applies expertise in ways that are unique and innovative to create successful workflow processes and implement new processes when necessary
• Actively seeks exposure to new ways of working and looking at established processes
• Keeps an open mind and operate with flexibility to changing priorities
• Drives fixture development, visual merchandising and production practices for multiple projects simultaneously and across multiple store and fixture types across North America
• Willingness to ask questions and seek direction when tasks are unclear

• Demonstrate our Sephora values: Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative

We would love to hear from you if…

• Familiar with Smartsheets, Office Suite, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Workfront/Proof HQ a plus
• Working knowledge of budgets, quoting and invoicing
• Willingness to be flexible with change and approach projects with a can-do attitude
• Expertise in print production, visual merchandising and partnering with external vendors and internal teams
• Experience and desire to lead, mentor and manage a team
• Experience and desire to lead and contribute in cross-functional settings
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• 5+ years’ experience in a production management role focusing on print production and visual merchandising within a marketing organization
• Ability to work independently as well as with a team

The annual base salary range for this position is $114,000.00 - $128,000.00 The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses. Sephora offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan, various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program.

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy…

• The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
• The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000+ stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.
• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.

You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.