Area Manager- South Region - Competitive Salary Benefits & Car

Switch Consulting Recruitment Limited ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

The Client A leading premium lifestyle brand that is fun, fast-paced and ambitious. The Role Responsibilities include: Sales Generation: Drive your brand partner locations through effective stakeholder management across internal and external partners, exceeding sales goals and KPI targets, monthly, quarterly and annually. Partnering across functions to analyse sales reports and data to determine the needs of the business and set business strategies. This includes making commercial recommendations to brand partners and internal stakeholders. Track, monitor and communicate business results in a commercially succinct manner. Seek new ways to increase business and drive individual store and area performance. Collaborate with the channels Senior Manager and Marketing to identify marketing opportunities to support sales. Customer Service: Ensure all associates provide the highest level of customer service through the brand-specific proposition. Identify, introduce and manage any special events inclusive in collaboration with the Marketing and PR team. To keep ahead of trends in the market place and effectively monitor competitor activity to maintain a leading, world-class customer experience/proposition. Collaborating with our brand partners to align service propositions, ensuring both parties service values are equally represented to the highest level Operations: Deliver weekly and monthly lines of communication with all locations and brand partners that drive engagement and ensure stakeholders strive to exceed existing performance standards. Cultivate, Development and maintain active relationships with all brand partners and stakeholders. Complete monthly brand partner location audits, review results and set actions to ensure stores remain compliant. Control Profit & Loss through locations expenses and maintain budgets, continually striving to reduce all costs. Manage, support and review bi-annual inventories, creating action plans as an outcome. Support and assume responsibility for the integrity of Shipping/Receiving in all areas and ensure that staff adheres to all policies and procedures. Drive all locations to deliver within a 1% SKU Shrinkage bi-annually The Person: Although this is a concession based role, it certainly cannot be underestimated. The Client is looking for someone that is ambitious and pacey as there is a real opportunity for this person to progress in the brand. As the business looks to develop its wholesale and retail strategy this is an exciting time to join the brand in this newly created role. You will work collaboratively with 2 other area managers to cover the UK. I am looking for someone who enjoys building strong brand partner and stakeholder relationships. Ideally, the client is looking for someone with a fashion background, area experience is essential for this role.