10 Sephora operations leaders
Senior vice president of store experience and business operations, senior vice president of merchandising operations and vice president of client and business operations are among the roles held by these ten Sephora operations leaders, some of whom have since moved on. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Sephora from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Anna Bowe
LinkedInExperience: VP, Brand Updates and Operations, Merchandise Operations · SEPHORA
Anna Bowe has been VP, Brand Updates and Operations, Merchandise Operations at SEPHORA since March 2023, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Anna Bowe was Senior Director, Brand Updates, Merchandise Operations (2020–2023), Director, Brand Updates, Merchandise Operations (2017–2020), Senior Manager, Brand Fixture Updates, Merchandise Operations (2016–2017) and Senior Manager, Visual Merchandising, Store Creative (2015–2016) at SEPHORA.
Devon Duisenberg
LinkedInExperience: VP, Marketing and Creative Operations · SEPHORA
Devon Duisenberg has been VP, Marketing and Creative Operations at SEPHORA since March 2022, based in San Francisco. Devon Duisenberg was Senior Director, Program Management (2017–2022), Director of Program Management (2014–2017) and Marketing Process Consultant (2012–2014) at SEPHORA, and Channel Partner Manager at Apple (2011–2012).
Emily Sullivan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Client and Business Operations · SEPHORA
Emily Sullivan has been Vice President, Client and Business Operations at SEPHORA since October 2023, based in Pleasant Hill, California. Emily Sullivan was Senior Director, Business Operations (2022–2023), Director, Business Operations (2020–2022), Senior Manager, Retail Operations (2019–2020) and Manager, Retail Operations (2017–2019) at SEPHORA.
Jackie Gagin
LinkedInExperience: VP, Digital Production & Operations · SEPHORA
Jackie Gagin has been VP, Digital Production & Operations at SEPHORA since March 2024, based in San Francisco. Jackie Gagin was Senior Director, Digital Production (2021–2024), Director, Digital Production (2018–2021) and Senior Producer (2014–2018) at SEPHORA, and Digital Campaign Manager at REA Group (2012–2013).
Julie Jacobs
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations · SEPHORA
Julie Jacobs was Vice President of Operations at SEPHORA from January 2024 to October 2025, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, a role the profile tags at the president and vice president level in operations. Julie Jacobs was also Sr. Director Store Planning Design & Merchandising at Ross Stores, Inc. (2015–2022) and Group Director Space Planning at Safeway (2008–2015).
Kate Holekamp
LinkedInExperience: SVP Merchandising Operations · SEPHORA
Kate Holekamp has been SVP Merchandising Operations at SEPHORA since February 2022, based in San Francisco. Kate Holekamp was VP Merchandising Operations (2018–2022), Senior Director Merchandising Operations (2015–2018), Senior Director - Project Management Store Design (2014–2015) and Director Store Design & Visual - Project Management (2012–2014) at SEPHORA.
Ram Paradin
LinkedInExperience: Operations Director · SEPHORA
Ram Paradin was Operations Director at SEPHORA from October 2024 to September 2026 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, where the role entry describes overseeing purchasing, product development, new product launches, quality, regulatory affairs and supply chain. Ram Paradin was also SVP Operations at SEPHORA (2019–2023), Director of Operations at Diptyque Paris (2023–2024) and S&OP Director at L'Oréal (2017–2019).
Stacy Salvalaggio
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Store Experience & Optimization, SEPHORA Canada | LVMH · SEPHORA
Stacy Salvalaggio has been Vice President Store Experience & Optimization, SEPHORA Canada at SEPHORA since March 2024, based in Toronto, and the role entry describes leading business operations and optimization, labour and workload analytics, and retail communications. Stacy Salvalaggio was Vice President, Retail Operations, North America at Aritzia (2020–2024), Global Senior Director - Learning & Development, International Markets at McDonald's (2016–2020) and Senior Director of Learning & Development + Talent Management at McDonald's (2013–2016).
Stephanie Londoño
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Store Experience and Business Operations · SEPHORA
Stephanie Londoño has held SVP, Store Experience and Business Operations at SEPHORA since May 2022 and SVP, US Stores since October 2023, both listed as current, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Stephanie Londoño was Vice President, Client Engagement and Business Operations (2020–2022), Senior Director, Design and Delivery (2020) and Senior Director, Education Design and Optimization (2018–2020) at SEPHORA.
Tara Maffeo
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Store Experience and Business Operations · SEPHORA
Tara Maffeo has been Senior Vice President, Store Experience and Business Operations at SEPHORA since October 2023, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the profile headline says the role leads store experience and business operations for Sephora US. Tara Maffeo was VP, Retail Engagement (2022–2023), Interim General Manager, Sephora at Kohl's (2023), Sr. Director, Field Communications and Business Partnerships (2021–2022) and Director, Retail Operations, Field Communications (2018–2021) at SEPHORA.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's operations area and seniority to the decision you are working on, since a store, merchandising or marketing operations leader will see the same problem differently. Check whether each role is current or past before deciding how much weight to give it.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your current operations area, and how did it go?
- 02How do you decide which operational changes to test first and which to roll out widely?
- 03What have you learned from your own work about telling whether an operations team is improving?
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