Freelance Field Sales & Training Executive — Sephora Rome (m/f/x)

About Yepoda

Clean K-Beauty Innovation. No compromises.

Yepoda is a clean K-Beauty brand that actually proves it works. We make Korean skincare without any of the compromises. Everything is clinically tested, 100% vegan, and formulated above EU standards. So you get the innovation and the results that K-Beauty is known for, plus a real commitment to sustainability. And we make it genuinely fun and easy to use, skincare you actually look forward to.

Founded in 2020 by Sander Joonyoung van Bladel and Veronika Strotmann, Yepoda is a certified B Corp™ and 1% for the Planet member, based in the heart of Berlin. Our products are available through our own online shop and, since March 2025, at Sephora Europe, online and in over 650 stores. With a team of 140+ 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 Italy, 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 four Sephora doors in Rome.

The Details

• Contract: Fixed-term (Contratto a Tempo Determinato, CTD), 6-month contract, starting in October. Renewable by mutual agreement, with the possibility of becoming a permanent role based on performance.
• Hours: Full time, 5 days per week including weekend coverage, weekends are our highest traffic selling and training days. Exact pattern (Tue to Sat or Wed to Sun) confirmed on hire, may shift seasonally.
• 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: Sales & Education Manager, EU
• Location: Rome, Italy, field based, in store

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
• Submit weekly field reports covering sell-out by door, merchandising, and tester photosRelay 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 Italian and professional English
• Based in Rome with the right to work in Italy

What We Offer

• Join a top, rapidly growing, K-Beauty brand. Fast growth across Europe, international expansion, and a brand people are excited to see in store.
• The original field team. Be part of the original field team, with potential to grow with the company.
• Real autonomy and opportunity to own your role. You own your market, run your doors and are trusted to make decisions in your scope.
• Room to grow. Designed to become permanent for the right person, and the team grows as the brand does. Real scope to shape the job into your own.
• Education & Development: Comprehensive onboarding, ongoing product and sales training, and direct mentorship from our EU Sales & Education Manager to develop advanced education techniques, presentation skills, and retail expertise.
• The practical perks. Quarterly product gratis plus a generous employee discount; a performance linked bonus tied to your stores' sell-out.

Compensation range: Salary based on experience and market position.

At Yepoda we are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.