Sephora Retail Talent Acquisition Partner

About Sephora

Sephora is a global prestige beauty leader, renowned for redefining the retail experience through creativity, inclusivity, and expert service. Founded in France and now part of LVMH, the company brings together an exceptional portfolio of beauty brands with a distinctive culture of discovery and innovation. As an employer, Sephora offers a dynamic, customer-centered environment where talent is encouraged to learn, experiment, and grow across retail, digital, merchandising, operations, and corporate functions. Its teams are united by a passion for beauty, entrepreneurship, and belonging, making Sephora a compelling workplace for professionals seeking impact within a fast-moving international brand.

Sephora is hiring a Retail Talent Acquisition Partner on a 12-month contract, full-time, remote in the Montreal or Toronto region. The role leads end-to-end hiring for store leadership positions, supports recruitment operations and in-store hiring events, and partners with store leaders and national HR teams.

Role & Responsibilities

• Partner with Talent Acquisition Managers to execute the retail recruitment strategy and anticipate future hiring needs through succession planning.
• Build trusted, strategic relationships with hiring managers by developing a thorough understanding of their business, store culture and talent needs.
• Lead the end-to-end recruitment process for store leadership roles, from opening requisitions and developing recruitment plans through sourcing, assessment, interviews, offers and onboarding.
• Provide a high-quality, candidate-friendly experience that reflects Sephora’s values and leadership competencies.
• Make hiring recommendations based on applications, résumés, interviews and candidate assessments.
• Provide thoughtful feedback on internal talent and promote career mobility within the company.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for store teams, supporting the online applicant tracking system, onboarding and recruitment-system requests through the retail recruitment inbox.
• Help deliver recruitment masterclasses and company-wide recruitment training initiatives.
• Create and revise offer letters to ensure legal compliance and alignment with LVMH standards.
• Act as a liaison between store teams and Human Resources by forwarding HR tickets and user-account issues.
• Host question sessions to help store managers update hiring information and resolve account issues in real time.
• Lead and support in-store hiring events for new store openings, seasonal hiring and priority stores; travel occasionally across Canada to support in-person events.
• Contribute to employer-brand initiatives designed to attract outstanding talent to Sephora stores.
• Support Sephora’s diversity, equity and inclusion commitments by helping create diverse and inclusive recruitment programmes.
• Serve as a Sephora brand ambassador, ensuring every candidate interaction reflects the company’s values and employer value proposition.

Qualifications

• At least two years of experience in recruitment, candidate sourcing or high-volume hiring in a dynamic retail or customer-service environment.
• Experience screening and interviewing candidates to assess alignment with role requirements and Sephora’s values.
• Experience using HR technology, including an HR information system (HRIS) and an online applicant tracking system; SuccessFactors experience is a plus.
• A recruitment-focused approach, attracting and engaging candidates through LinkedIn, Indeed, social media, networking and creative sourcing strategies.
• Passion for connecting talent with meaningful career opportunities while providing an inspiring and transparent experience.
• Demonstrated success recruiting in a dynamic, high-volume business while working remotely.
• Positivity, adaptability and collaboration, with an all-hands-on-deck mindset and willingness to contribute as needed.
• Excellent communication, influencing, stakeholder-management and relationship-building skills.
• A team-oriented approach, urgency, accountability and motivation.
• Ability to travel across Canada as needed.

Skills

Experience

At least two years in recruitment, candidate sourcing or high-volume hiring in a dynamic retail or customer-service environment.

Workplace

Compensation

The base compensation for this position ranges from CAD 76,000 to CAD 85,000 per annum.

Benefits

Bonus; employer RRSP matching; choice of health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans; Well-being@sephora digital platform; hybrid work schedule; vacation and personal days; maternity and paternity leave; training and development resources; tuition reimbursement; 30% discount on products and services; free product opportunities; flash sales on LVMH brands; volunteer and donation-matching programme; employee assistance programme; free mental health resources; 24/7 access to Dialogue.

Culture

Sephora fosters a dynamic, inclusive workplace where creativity, curiosity, and a passion for beauty are encouraged at every level. As an employer, it is distinguished by its focus on empowerment, continuous learning, and a collaborative retail culture that celebrates individuality and client-centric innovation.

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