Fixed-Term Field Sales & Training Executive — Sephora UK

About this role

ABOUT YEPODA Clean K-Beauty Innovation. No compromises. Our mission is to bring Clean K-Beauty Innovations, from Korea straight to Europe, UK, and the US – without ever compromising on our values, quality, and sustainability. Our clean, mindfully produced skincare products are made with love in Korea, vegan, cruelty-free, and packed with the best natural and active ingredients. Founded in 2020 by Sander Joonyoung van Bladel and Veronika Strotmann, Yepoda is a fast-growing beauty start-up based in the heart of Berlin.

Our products are available across Europe and the US, since March 2025, in Sephora Europe & since August 2026 in Sephora US – online and in over 1200 stores. As a certified B Corp™, we are committed to building a business with purpose. With a team of over 120 brilliant individuals from around the world, we are actively shaping Yepoda’s story every day. The Opportunity Yepoda is growing fast across Europe and expanding internationally, and we're building our first field team.

This is your chance to be part of it from day one. You'll be Yepoda's representative inside Sephora UK, not a Beauty Advisor, but a field based commercial role. You'll drive sell-out in your doors, train and coach Sephora's Beauty Advisor teams, own the store relationships, and keep our brand presentation flawless in store. Part account executive, part field trainer, part retail sales lead. You'll be responsible for the relationship, education, and sell-out across five Sephora doors in London.

The Details - Contract: Fixed-term 6-month contract, starting in November. Renewable by mutual agreement, with the possibility of becoming a permanent role based on performance. - Hours: Full-time, 5 days a week, including weekend coverage. Schedule is confirmed upon employment start, and seasonal adjustments will be mutually agreed. - Travel: Up to 20% of your time, subject to change by season and business needs. Covers your doors plus occasional support at Yepoda events.

Yepoda will cover travel expenses (accommodation, transportation, and meal allowance). - Reports to: EU Sales & Education Manager - Location: London, UK. Field-based retail role (in-store at assigned Sephora location, mobile as needed) YOUR TASKS - Own sell-out across your doors and deliver against monthly and quarterly targets - Sell side by side with Sephora Beauty Advisors to lift conversion and basket size - Negotiate and run dedicated brand moments including sales challenges, Beauty Hub takeovers, and fun days - Train Sephora Beauty Advisor teams on our products, routines, and brand story, from quick floor briefings to full breakfast sessions - Coach Sephora staff on selling technique, routine building, and cross-selling - Deliver launch education so every new product lands with a confident floor team behind it - Assist the EU Retail & Education Manager in large scale education events and press days - Be the face of Yepoda in store and own the relationship with Store Managers and BA teams - Keep gondolas and displays impeccable, testers stocked, and stock levels healthy on every visit - Provide weekly field reports covering sell-out by door, merchandising, and tester photos - Relay competitor activity and customer insight that shapes our commercial plans YOUR PROFILE - 2 to 5 years in prestige cosmetic sales and education, or a senior Beauty Advisor ready to take their career to the next level, Sephora experience strongly preferred - A track record of driving sell-out in a retail environment - Confident delivering training, in-store events, and product demonstrations to a floor team - Commercially minded and customer centric with excellent interpersonal and communication skills - Genuinely self directed and highly organised, you run your doors and own your reporting - Passionate about skincare with real energy for the floor, K-Beauty knowledge is a big plus - Fluent English - Based in London with the right to work in the UK WHAT WE OFFER - Join a top, rapidly growing, K-Beauty brand.