Beauty Consultant

Starting hourly rate: $18.00 USD per hour. Pay range: $18.00 – $27.00 USD per hour.

About the role

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. As a Beauty Consultant, you bring the Beauty experience to life by making every interaction in Cosmetics and Skin Care meaningful, personalized, and inspiring. You connect with guests through product recommendations, beauty expertise, sampling, and solution-based selling that helps guests discover products and routines tailored to their needs, lifestyle, and budget. Through authentic, guest-first interactions, you create confidence-building experiences that make beauty easy, rewarding, and enjoyable, while driving loyalty, basket-building, and sales growth.

This role provides skills and experiences in:

• Adapting communication style to build trusting relationships with guests and influence beauty regimens
• Providing personalized beauty product and regimen recommendations through guest engagement, product training, and sampling
• Retail business fundamentals including inventory management, guest shopping patterns, pricing, and promotions strategies
• Beauty product knowledge, including beauty brands, seasonal trends, cosmetics, and various skincare products

Responsibilities

• Create an easy, inspiring, and friendly guest experience by:
  • Greeting guests within 10 ft (smile, make eye contact, or wave) and 4 ft (initiate a warm, helpful interaction)
  • Helping guests find what they need and resolving issues for a smooth shopping experience
  • Ending every guest transaction with a sincere thank you
• Actively support team efforts and assist peers while maintaining a positive and respectful attitude
• Adjust to business and guest needs to deliver an easy and inspiring guest experience
• Execute daily tasks assigned by your leader to help achieve business priorities
• Create an inviting shopping environment by:
  • Filling the salesfloor with inventory, straightening merchandise, and updating inventory counts
  • Maintaining testers and updating salesfloor merchandise displays
• Execute backroom processes, including organizing and storing reserve products
• Stay current on top beauty brands and trends to engage guests with personal recommendations and product sampling
• Support guest services such as back-up cashier, order pick-up (OPU), and Drive-up (DU) while maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local laws
• Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety, and compliance; work safely and report hazards
• Perform all other duties based on business needs

Requirements

• 12+ months of previous beauty retail experience preferred, but not required
• Strong interest and knowledge of beauty and skincare products
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward guests and team members
• Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices, operate handheld scanners, and use other technology equipment
• Effective communication skills; ability to work both independently and with a team
• Resolve guest questions quickly on the spot
• Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes
• Accurately handle cash register operations as needed
• Climb up and down ladders
• Scan, handle, and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 15 pounds and occasionally up to 44 pounds without assistance
• Variable work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends, and holidays); come to work when scheduled, work scheduled shifts, and take required meal and rest breaks
• Capable of working in varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements while performing job duties
• Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift (shift length may vary)

Benefits

Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at Target Benefits. For benefits eligibility details, visit Benefits Eligibility.