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# National Sales Manager, Target & Ulta at the-talent-project.com

- **Company:** the-talent-project.com
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-talent-project-com/am9icG9zdDqdwtWtRV2TWTz8qsCYOXTW

## Job description

National Sales Manager, Target & Ulta

Location: New York City (Relocation Available) Reports to: Director of Sales

About The Talent Project: The Talent Project is a female-owned and led executive search firm specializing in marketing, creative, and supply chain roles across the beauty, wellness, and longevity industries. We offer end-to-end recruitment support for full-time direct-hire positions as well as retained executive searches. With deep experience leading corporate recruitment, we operate as an extension of our clients' talent acquisition teams, ensuring a seamless and strategic hiring process.

## About our Client

Our client is a fast-growing, high-performance beauty brand experiencing exceptional momentum across prestige retail. With an entrepreneurial culture, a strong leadership team, and ambitious growth plans, the company is investing in building best-in-class commercial capabilities to support its next phase of expansion. This is an opportunity to join a brand where innovation, collaboration, and execution are highly valued, and where leaders have the ability to make a significant impact on the business.

Position Summary Our client is seeking a National Sales Manager to lead the Target and Ulta businesses across North America. Reporting to senior sales leadership, this role will be responsible for developing and executing strategic account plans, driving revenue growth, and strengthening retailer partnerships with two of the brand's most important retail partners. The ideal candidate is both strategic and highly execution-oriented, with an entrepreneurial mindset and a proven track record of growing prestige beauty brands within Target and Ulta. This individual will collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, and Field Sales & Education to deliver exceptional retail execution while identifying new opportunities to accelerate growth.

## Responsibilities

- Own the commercial strategy and day-to-day management of the Target and Ulta businesses.
- Develop annual business plans, sales forecasts, and growth strategies to achieve revenue and profitability goals.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key retailer buyers and cross-functional partners.
- Identify opportunities to expand distribution, optimize assortments, and increase promotional effectiveness.
- Lead all retailer line reviews, assortment presentations, and annual business planning meetings.
- Partner with Marketing to execute impactful product launches, promotional calendars, and retailer-exclusive initiatives.
- Collaborate with Field Sales & Education to ensure best-in-class in-store execution, merchandising, and sell-through performance.
- Analyze sales trends, inventory levels, promotional performance, and competitive activity to identify growth opportunities and mitigate risks.
- Work closely with Demand Planning and Supply Chain to support forecasting accuracy and inventory management.
- Manage retailer P&Ls, trade investment, and promotional spend to maximize profitability.
- Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Marketing, and Product Development to execute key business initiatives.
- Deliver regular business updates, sales reporting, and recommendations to executive leadership.

## Qualifications

- 5-8+ years of National Account Management or Sales experience within the beauty, personal care, or consumer packaged goods industry.
- Proven experience managing both the Target and Ulta businesses is required.
- Strong understanding of retailer planning processes, merchandising, promotional strategy, and category management.
- Demonstrated success growing strategic retail accounts and exceeding sales objectives.
- Highly analytical with experience leveraging sales data and business insights to drive decisions.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth organization.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and presentation skills.
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
- Highly organized with exceptional project management and execution capabilities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and retailer reporting platforms.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Must be based in the New York City area or open to relocating to NYC.
- Willingness to travel as business needs require.

Please note, due to the high volume of submissions, we may not be able to respond to every applicant individually. However, if your background aligns with the opportunity, a member of our team will be in touch.

The salary range for this role is $120-140K bonus annually based on experience.

The Talent Project is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process for all candidates and clients we represent. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

## About the-talent-project.com

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Talent Project is a female-owned executive search and direct-hire recruitment firm that connects mission-driven beauty, wellness, and longevity brands with high-impact talent.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; listed as Self-Employed on LinkedIn)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Christina Chan (Executive Director, Talent & Career Strategy)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Staffing and Recruiting (specialized in beauty, wellness, and longevity)
- **Target customers**: B2B – mission-driven beauty, wellness, and longevity brands (startups to established companies)
- **Mission / purpose**: “Creating a Talent Acquisition experience that will ultimately drive results and make a meaningful, lasting impact on your organization.”

## Products & Services
- **Direct Hire Recruitment**: Full-cycle placement for marketing, creative, supply chain, product development, and executive roles.
- **Executive Search**: Placing top-tier leadership talent (e.g., CMO, VP Sales, Director-level roles) to drive strategic growth.
- **Talent Mapping & Market Insights**: Data-driven market analysis to inform hiring strategy and candidate identification.
- **Fractional Talent Solutions**: Project-based services including employer branding, ATS implementation, process development, candidate experience design, recruiter coaching, and vendor management.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (bootstrapped, no disclosed funding)
- **Key Metric**: 1 employee on LinkedIn as of mid-2026 (+200% YoY headcount growth); 2,156 LinkedIn followers (+185.8% YoY)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors disclosed; partners with brands like Orveon, Shiseido, Kate Spade, Anthropologie, Express (via founder’s network)
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid follower growth, active job postings (e.g., VP North America Sales, Director roles), recent client engagements across longevity and beauty

## Competitive Advantages
- Deeply specialized network in beauty, wellness, and longevity developed over 10+ years – not a generalist recruiter
- “Quality-over-volume approach” – no resume blasts, only sharp, strategic matches
- Blends corporate recruiting rigor with startup agility; founder has decade of experience at major brands
- Female-owned and led, appealing to mission-driven clients and candidates

## Strategic Focus
- Continue building a curated talent network for high-growth, purpose-led brands
- Expand into emerging longevity sector while strengthening beauty and wellness verticals
- Scale fractional talent solutions and employer branding services to support startups that lack internal recruiting infrastructure

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Female-owned, human-centric, and quality-driven – described as “personal, strategic, and deeply human”
- **Work model**: Hybrid workspace (typical time on-site expected, remote options available for some roles)
- **Perks & environment**: Startup pace with corporate-level rigor; opportunity to shape recruiting processes as the company grows
- **Team size**: Very small (1 employee currently), offering outsized impact and visibility for early hires

## Sources
1. [the-talent-project.com](https://www.the-talent-project.com/)
2. [the-talent-project.com/explore-opportunities](https://www.the-talent-project.com/explore-opportunities)
3. [the-talent-project.com/recruitment-service](https://www.the-talent-project.com/recruitment-service)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/the-talent-project-llc)
5. [linkedin.com/company/the-talent-project-llc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-talent-project-llc)

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