Retail Learning Coach - Northwest

About the Role

The Retail Learning Coach - Northwest partners with store directors, market vice president, and market sales directors to drive sales performance, elevate the client experience, and strengthen leadership and selling capabilities across a designated group of retail locations. This role leads performance-based coaching initiatives that translate learning programs into measurable on-the-job behaviors and business results.

The Retail Learning Coach reports to the market Retail Learning Manager and works directly with client advisors, team managers, and store leaders to reinforce brand standards, identify development opportunities, improve key performance indicators, and support onboarding. Success requires a strong background in luxury retail, proven coaching expertise, the ability to influence leaders at multiple levels, and a passion for developing high-performing teams.

This role requires strategic thinking while being hands-on in overseeing day-to-day execution with a focus on clients, people, and brand desirability. The ideal candidate will be open, approachable, and work transparently with both central and local teams in a united and mutually supportive manner. They must model and champion the core belief that "People Make the Difference" and uphold values such as being creative and innovative, delivering excellence, and cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit.

Responsibilities

• Use business performance metrics to identify coaching opportunities and develop coaching strategies for designated retail locations.
• Monitor and create coaching plans to improve key performance indicators, including sales, average unit retail (AUR), conversion, clienteling activity, appointment-driven business, mystery shop results, and net promoter score (NPS).
• Develop and support 30-60-90-day coaching plans for employees requiring additional development.
• Monitor coaching plan progress weekly and monthly vs. targeted performance metrics and adjust strategies based on results.
• Ensure learning programs are effectively applied and sustained in day-to-day store selling behaviors, client experience, and client development.
• Conduct needs assessments using business results, performance data, in-store observations, and stakeholder feedback.
• Identify learning/skill gaps and develop targeted coaching and learning action plans.
• Design and facilitate sales-floor micro-learnings and skill-building exercises aligned with Tiffany & Co. North America Retail Excellence.
• Support adoption and engagement of the digital e-learning platform, Tiffany Wonder.
• Partner with store leadership to execute structured onboarding plans and development milestones.
• Monitor onboarding progress and ensure completion of required learning activities.
• Deliver in-the-moment coaching and feedback to client advisors and leaders on the sales floor.
• Observe employee interactions and provide actionable feedback to drive measurable performance improvement.
• Coach on client experience, client development, relationship-building, selling skills, and leadership behaviors.
• Align with store directors and team managers on post-store visit action steps and follow-up.
• Support onboarding and assimilation of new retail employees, ensuring they understand and apply client experience and selling standards.
• Collaborate with store, market, and corporate partners to align coaching priorities with business objectives.
• Share observations, performance trends, and learning needs with leadership teams.
• Strengthen leaders' coaching capabilities by observing one-on-one client advisor meetings and providing feedback on development conversations.
• Partner with store directors and team managers to create and execute individualized development and performance improvement plans.
• Model a coaching approach that recognizes achievements, reinforces positive behaviors, and promotes continuous improvement.
• Participate in training initiatives and collaborate with global, central, and market learning teams to reinforce training program objectives.
• Influence leaders to adopt coaching strategies that improve employee performance, client experience, and business results.
• Support a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous development.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in luxury retail sales leadership and people management (e.g., Team Manager, Store Director, Multi-site/Market Business Partners).
• Passion for luxury retail environments; jewelry/watch expertise is a plus.
• Proven track record in sales, developing client relationships, leading teams, and performance-based coaching.
• Inspiring and trusted leader, able to guide, empower, and support teams.
• Demonstrated success improving sales performance and developing employees through coaching.
• Proven experience analyzing retail performance metrics and translating insights into development actions.
• Strong coaching, facilitation, and adult learning capabilities.
• Deep understanding of retail selling behaviors, luxury client experience standards, and relationship-based selling.
• Ability to assess performance gaps and implement effective development solutions.
• Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to build trust and credibility with frontline employees and leaders.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and follow-through skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, active listening, and ability to deliver constructive feedback.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and business reporting tools.
• Experience supporting multi-store markets.
• Ability to travel regularly among assigned stores, including overnight travel up to 50% of the time.

Pay

The hiring range for this position is $111,775 - $151,225. The rate of pay offered will be dependent upon candidates’ relevant skills and experience.