Ashley Nipper

• Building and managing growth in Ulta Beauty locations in 70 locations across GA, TN, SC, and NC

• Hiring and developing a team of 20 Freelance Artists

• Driving sales results in focus vs non focus locations, delivering results +14% to LY

• Partnering with Sales Managers and Experience Managers to develop brand recognition, education, and team building to drive business

• Remote partnerships to drive education and sales through Round Robin Trainings, remote Store Generated Events, and group education calls.

• Consistently maintaining Sales & Education Freelance budget

• Business growth and development overseeing 12 doors in Northern Colorado (Boulder, Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins, Westminster, Aurora)
• Planning and participating via district education brand awareness inlcuding Round Robin trainings, Holiday Planning Meetings, Store Generated Events, Partnered Store Generated Events
• Planning and exceeding Store Generated Events (Ulta Beauty Sephora), Corporate Events (Ulta Beauty, Sephora), and Mega Events (Nordstroms)

• Education & Sales leader across Prestige Cosmetics, Prestige Skincare, Clinique, and Dermalogica Skin Therapist services

• Met and exceeded top service sales for Ulta Beauty Skin Bar, leading the district and state in Skin Specialist service sales (2019-2020)

• Acted as interim General Manager (2019) and was responsible for Salon Budget, Task Budget, Prestige Budget, and Salon Budget

• Hiring and I-9 verification

• Training and developing Salon Manager, and Salon Stylists

• Responsible for meeting and exceeding store metrics I.E. Traffic Conversion, Units Per Transaction, Beauty Studio bookings, Beauty Studio sales, Sales plans for beauty brands

• Organize and execute Sephora Education 201 programs and certifications for a team of 8-10 artists/ program

Including:

Color 201

Skin 201

Fragrance 201

• Strategize and coach to artistry and multi unit selling to meet and exceed Beauty Studio sales goals

Tracking store SHRINK and reducing SHRINK

Planning and executing planogram resets/ updates

Roll out of Sephora BOPIS program

Planning and executing store shipments, including driving a team of 15 BA's to finish shipment in 1 4 hour shift after hours.