Key Account Manager, ULTA & Nordstrom

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Drive strategic account management for ULTA and Nordstrom, ensuring precise execution of business plans and fostering strong relationships with key retail partners.

Join our fast-growing beauty brand and become an essential member of our Sales team as we continue to expand our presence with two of our most important retail partners: ULTA and Nordstrom. We are looking for a thoughtful, highly organized Key Account Manager who is passionate about clean beauty, loves working collaboratively, and brings a deep sense of ownership to every detail.

This role is all about execution–turning ideas into action through thoughtful account management, clear retailer communication, and reliable day-to-day business reporting. You’ll play a key part in ensuring our strategic plans come to life smoothly and successfully, helping deliver best-in-class experiences for our retail partners and our customers.

If you thrive in a dynamic environment, enjoy building relationships, and are motivated by seeing your work make a tangible impact, you’ll feel right at home here.

Responsibilities

  • Execute on key account plans and strategies, promotional programs, seasonal initiatives, and launch workflows with precision and timeliness.
  • Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for ULTA and Nordstrom merchants, operations partners, and cross-functional support teams, ensuring clear and proactive retailer and internal communication.
  • Manage product assortment inclusive of all SKU setup, updates, forms, submissions, and item maintenance within retailer systems (e.g., ULTA Portal, Nordstrom forms).
  • Collect and ensure timely delivery of meeting agendas, recaps and ensure on-time delivery and communication of all retailer deliverables, ensuring internal teams are aligned throughout.
  • Coordinate cross-functional alignment for all retailer initiatives by managing timelines, deliverables, calendars, and workflow communication.
  • Ensure timely circulation of retailer updates, program requirements, and action items to internal teams and confirm follow-through.
  • Maintain accurate trackers, launch documents, promotional files, retailer forms, and executional tools to ensure operational accuracy and visibility.
  • Support field and education partners with store-level updates, merchandising needs, and communication of retail priorities.
  • Troubleshoot executional or operational issues identified through retailer communication and coordinate internal support where needed.
  • Build strong, trust-based relationships with retailer partners through consistent communication, reliability, and attention to detail.

This job description is a summary of duties. It is by no means an all-inclusive list but a broad guide of expected duties and is subject to change.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in account management, retail operations, or sales support, preferably within beauty, personal care, or CPG.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage detailed timelines and complex workflows with exceptional attention to detail.
    Experience working with major beauty retailers (ULTA, Nordstrom, Sephora, Target, etc.) strongly preferred.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; confident managing daily retailer conversations and cross-functional coordination.
  • Analytical skills with the ability to interpret weekly sales performance and identify executional opportunities or risks.
  • Strong experience with Excel/Google Sheets, Powerpoint/Google Slides, Google Suite preferred.
  • Highly organized, proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
  • Must reside in the United States to be considered for this position (PST or CST time zones preferred).
  • Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation: The anticipated salary range for this position is $75,000 - $110,000 per year. Actual salary will consider skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Benefits

What We Offer

  • Medical, dental, and vision
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) 
  • Quarterly wellness and technology stipend
  • 401(k) match (up to 4%)
  • New hire work from home stipend 
  • Up to 3 months of parental leave for eligible team members
  • Flexible PTO 
  • Paid company holidays 
  • 4 days to volunteer per year

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Equity Compensation: 401(k) match (up to 4%)
  • Health Insurance: Medical, dental, and vision
  • Home Office Stipend: New hire work from home stipend
  • Company holidays: Paid company holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave: Up to 3 months of parental leave for eligible team members
  • Paid Time Off: Flexible PTO
  • Wellness Stipend: Quarterly wellness and technology stipend

Join our fast-evolving company headquarted in Venice, California, and become a fundamental part of our team. We are looking for savvy, passionate individuals that share our commitment to wellness, kindness and furthering our mission to create effective, results-driven skincare that is safe for the planet and humankind!

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$75,000 – $110,000 per year
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