Ulta Beauty · 1 day ago
Sr Store Development Specialist
Bolingbrook, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$66K/yr - $88K/yr
3+ years expUlta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer, revolutionizing the beauty retail experience. The Senior Store Development Specialist will manage project and program management for store development projects, ensuring operational excellence and effective communication across teams.
BeautyConsumer GoodsCosmeticsRetail
Responsibilities
Delivers consistently against project timelines while informing leadership and communicating any risks or necessary changes
Makes recommendations for process improvements to Store Development and cross-functional processes
Balances a heavy workload and seamlessly shifts focuses to deliver on changing business needs
Manages multiple competing partner relationships, management of many detailed spreadsheets & assignments
Proactively recognizes potential roadblocks and areas of opportunity within projects and processes on an enterprise level, and provides recommendations for solutions from an operations perspective
Produces publication-quality first drafts of new and existing store operational project documents and communication
Ability to problem solve swiftly
Resilient to change & competing priorities and assists others with adapting
Collaborates with leadership within Store Ops and cross-functionally to understand business and end-user needs
Develops strong partnerships with cross-functional subject matter experts to gather, understand, and verify the situation and/or content while providing operational support, guidance, and recommendations
Acts as a key consultant and subject matter expert to cross-functional partners, providing operational perspective
Acts as the subject matter experts for all store development project problems that arise from the field or from our external partners
Provides support and leadership to the Store Set Managers and Specialists within the extended team by creating strong partnership and driving cross-collaboration and training
Develop and maintain detailed project plans to timely deliver upon well thought out strategies for projects and programs (I.e., Remodels, Special Projects, etc.)
Works to understand unfamiliar or complex information or ideas and converts into simple language, adjusting style to meet end-user needs
Ensures meetings are productive by proactively soliciting cross-functional content, organizing agendas, and supporting materials, communicating concise notes, and following up on action items
Participates in cross-functional meetings, representing the store operations perspective, making recommendations, and reviewing takeaways with operational leadership following the meeting
Manage, support, and lead the communication needs of the enterprise through the operational review and approval of all remodel and special projects field-facing communications
Execute other operational tasks as directed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree is preferred
3-5 years project management experience, preferably in Store Set
Working with 3rd party vendor experience is a plus
Prior retail experience is a plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong proficiency in Excel is required
Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills
Well-developed problem-solving skills and a fine eye for detail
Energy, enthusiasm, and drive to manage a heavy workload continuously and proactively
Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects with moving parts
Strong computer skills
Work a flexible, full-time schedule to include days, evenings, weekends, and holidays
Benefits
Paid time off
Health
Dental
Vision
Life and disability benefits
Company
Ulta Beauty
Ulta Beauty is a beauty retailer that offers a wide range of products including cosmetics, fragrances, skincare, and hair care.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$266.3MKey Investors
Berkshire HathawayDimensional Fund Advisors
2024-08-14Post Ipo Equity· $266.3M
2016-10-11Post Ipo Equity
2007-10-25IPO
Leadership Team
Kecia Steelman
President & Chief Operating Officer
Chris Lialios
Senior Vice President Controller
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