Find Your Next Job

Lead Cosmetics

Posted on June 30, 2025

Paradise, Canada
0 - 0 USD (yearly)

Full Time

Requisition ID: 190390
Career Group: Pharmacy Careers
Job Category: Retail - Cosmetics Department
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
City: Paradise
Location: 887 Paradise Lawtons
Postal Code: A1L 1P6

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

The Lead Cosmetics will provide customers with friendly and professional cosmetic service. The Lead is responsible for the overall operation of the cosmetic and giftware departments including sales/profitability and supervision of Cosmeticians. The Lead will ensure operational excellence in retail merchandising, inventory management and customer service. Actively contributes to an environment of employee and customer engagement.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

People Leadership

Create a culture of selling, coaching and development of all employees

Responsible for ensuring the communication of operational requirements/changes to the Cosmetic and Giftware department employees

Coach and develop the team to provide superior customer service and shopping experience

Customer Offering

Create a shopping experience that engages customers

Provide customer service to exceed customers needs

Merchandise cosmetic department

Financial

Perform department administrative duties as required

Manage department budget

Responsible to ensure efficient operation of the department to achieve all financial targets and deliver on budgeted KPI’s

Personal/Professional Development

Thoroughly understand all relevant company programs, attend and deliver product training as required

Maintain knowledge of current industry trends in cosmetics

Employee Relations

Be known as a supervisor who actively supports an environment of positive relations

Other Duties

Have the ability to create action plans to improve the department operations and employee performance

Support all company initiatives, programs, and standards

Responsible for ensuring that OH&S, and other regulatory requirements and procedures, are implemented and maintained

Other duties as required

What you have to offer:

Above average communication skills (both oral and written)
Strong Customer Service skills

Knowledge of cosmetic products and trends

High School Diploma
Experience within the cosmetic industry
May be required to lift up to 50lbs
Two-person lift required for weights exceeding 50lbs
Ability to stand for long periods of time
Physical work including; but not limited to bending, lifting, and reaching
Exposure to varying temperatures over short periods of time
Exposure to sanitation and cleaning chemicals
Flexible hours and overtime

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this position role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs goes well beyond your paycheque:

Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance*.
Access to Virtual Health Care Platform* and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings*.
A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable*.
Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
Paid Vacation

Eligible only after working a set number of hours/days worked.

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

Tailor Your Resume for this Job

Share with Friends!