Assistant Merchant, DotCA (Contract)

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Assistant Merchant, DotCA (Contract)

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Job ID: 286222

Job Type: Full Time, Contract

Function: Merchandising

Address: 160 Bloor Street East, 11th Floor, Toronto, ON

Working Model: Hybrid

Vacancy Status: This position is for an existing, open vacancy

Belong to Something Beautiful

At Sephora Canada, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

Ready for a career glow‑up? As Assistant Merchant, DotCA, you’ll be shaping online category, brand, and product merchandising strategies that drive our dotcom business forward. The work you do will impact beauty, as you support financial sales objectives and help bring our brand vision to life across Sephora.ca. You’ll be part of a team that’s united in beauty, supported by those who are equally as passionate about building impactful digital merchandising experiences and managing brand businesses with excellence.

What You’ll Do:

Drive Business Strategy

• Build strong, proactive partnerships with brands, retail merchants, and inventory teams to ensure cross‑channel alignment and maximize sales for your portfolio of brands
• Continuously analyze online business performance, delivering insights and recommendations to partners and senior leaders. Adjust merchandising strategies in real time to optimize results
• Support weekly and monthly business recaps with thoughtful analysis, clear storytelling, and actionable insights
• Plan and execute brand promotional strategies tied to launches, hero products, and key category moments
• Lead ad hoc reporting and special projects that help propel category and brand performance

Lead Brand Management

• Develop strong, strategic relationships with brand partners to build and support robust growth plans
• Stay closely connected to brands and retail merchants on launch strategies, business updates, and risk/opportunity conversations
• Own DotCA product assortments, working with brands to identify opportunities that differentiate and grow the online business
• Conduct assortment and SKU analyses to inform decision-making and drive productivity

Enhance Product Marketing, Site Merchandising & Content

• Manage and ensure timely launches of new SKUs (set-up, review) along with ongoing product page optimization updates
• Regular Site, Mobile & Email QA
• Work daily with product and content production teams to maintain site health, functionality, and high-quality execution
• Contribute to category content initiatives that boost traffic, conversion, and sales — using web analytics to guide decisions

Support Inventory & Planning

• Partner closely with Inventory before each season to forecast newness, exclusives, limited-edition offers, and seasonal buys
• Ensure all featured products for marketing initiatives are supported with sufficient inventory
• Review SKU performance bi‑annually to refine and optimize the online assortment

What You’ll Bring:

• 2-3 years of experience in a retail buying office, with a strong understanding of merchandising fundamentals
• E‑commerce or Direct‑to‑Consumer experience that shows you understand the digital landscape is highly preferred
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple launches or campaigns simultaneously 
• You're curious, a go-getter and take ownership and initiative to drive work forward and anticipate what’s needed next
• You love tackling problems and using your analytical skills to find solutions 
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively, balancing ownership with partnership
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the agility to operate confidently in a fast‑paced and constantly evolving environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High proficiency with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, with the ability to translate data into insights and presentations into action
• Familiarity with OneDrive, SharePoint and Smartsheet are assets

 #FSCHIRING

What You’ll Get:

• Caring Community. You’ll collaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating, doing the right things, and driving the industry forward – together, united in beauty.
• Fulfilling Path. Your career glow-up starts here with access to opportunities that will challenge, stretch, and develop your skills. You’ll have access to the global community of luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) for endless career opportunities.
• Meaningful Work. As you make an impact on beauty, you’ll feel and see the positive change (consumer, industry, and social) your individual voice is a part of.

Rewards as Unique as You Are:

Eligibility requirements apply to certain benefits and may vary depending on job classification and length of employment.

• Wealth. We’re passionate about pay equity and transparency. The compensation ranges between CAD$66,500.00 - CAD$74,300.00. The final pay offered will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the actual qualifications and experience of the individual, and any additional non-discriminatory, legitimate business factors relevant to the position and/or location.
• Health. Choose a healthcare plan to fit you and your family’s needs with medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage. Access to our Well-Being@Sephora program to support your mental, financial, physical, and social well-being.
• Balance. You’ll be trusted to find the perfect blend of work/life balance that actually works for you with a hybrid work schedule, vacation and flex days, and maternity/paternity leave.
• Growth. A career glow-up is built into every role, with access to training and development programs and resources throughout the year.
• Perks. Think you’ve tried it all? Enjoy a 30% discount on all merchandise/services, opportunities for gratis, and flash sale discounts on LVMH brands.
• Support. Tap into volunteer and donation matching, Employee Assistance Program, and free mental health resources with 24/7 access to Dialogue.

Join us and Belong to Something Beautiful.

Sephora Canada strongly believes in equal opportunity when it comes to employment and advancement. Our goal is to be inclusive, diverse, and representative of the communities where we work while creating an environment where every person can belong, grow, and build a beautiful career. This commitment applies to all candidates and employees regardless of race, ethnicity, citizenship, creed, place of origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, disability, age, and/or any other diversity dimensions. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (visible or otherwise), other protected characteristics or other reasonable circumstances can be made at any stage of the recruitment process and during employment by contacting our People team.

As part of our commitment to transparency and efficiency, we would like to inform you that we utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening and evaluation of applications.