Store Manager, Retail & Store Manager

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A bit about Belstaff

Belstaff is a functional clothing brand founded to move people forward. Throughout our history we have championed material innovation, collaborating with those who challenge the ordinary and celebrate the joy of the journey. Belstaff has designed protective suits for race-car drivers, windproof smocks for Marines and insulating clothing for mountaineers. One thing is at the heart of all these endeavours:
An Independent Spirit. Today, this energy prevails and unites the people who bring the Belstaff brand to life, providing the best products to our customers – both old and new. We are committed to building a team of curious, conscious individuals dedicated to showing up, standing together, and being the difference between a good day and a great day.

We are currently searching for a Store Manager to join the team.

Our Retail Stores form a fundamental part of the Belstaff brand/business and the role of Store Manager role is pivotal in ensuring the success of each store.

The overall role of Store Manager is to ensure all sales opportunities are maximised and operating costs are managed to drive profitability across the store. The Store Manager must ensure that the Store delivers sales targets, industry-leading customer service as well as delivering effortless, smooth daily operations across the Store. Strong relationships with Head Office, clients and the local business community must also be built and maintained.

This role is on a 40-hour per-week contract

We are looking for someone who will be responsible for:

• Create a client centric culture within the Store.
• Lead by example in demonstrating clients are the main focus at all times.
• Set a Belstaff standard that exceeds the benchmark for customer service within the luxury/premium retail industry.
• Ensure store deployment is focused on meeting client traffic and operational demands.
• Ensure the team are fully conversant with the history and current direction of Belstaff, all product and collections and use this information effectively when communicating with clients.
• To ensure the team pre-empt and respond to client needs in order to excel in service standards.
• To deal with client complaints efficiently and effectively in line with Company policy and to ensure client expectations are exceeded.
• Ensure efficient after sales service is maintained.

• Achieve store set sales targets on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Monitor weekly and monthly product sell-through, assessing trends of best sellers and reacting to stock levels in the store. Monitoring and reacting to slow moving stock whilst providing commercial solutions.
• Reporting daily, weekly and monthly to Head of Retail on sales patterns, best sellers, sales by employee and propose actions, based on business trends, to enhance performance.
• To Achieve KPI targets, and personal objectives, set monthly as well as annually during performance review.
• To optimise sales by ensuring the team consistently attract new clients and develop the existing client base of Belstaff.
• To actively encourage the team to understand and proactively demonstrate an entrepreneurial flair for the selling process in order to achieve the above.
• To ensure the team proactively captures customer data after each sale in line with the set company policy.
• To ensure the team builds and maintains client data to be used continuously in the store. To check on a regular basis that these details are updated and stored in line with company policy and GDPR.
• To ensure stock levels are maximised on the shop floor, with all items clearly priced and labelled to company standard.
• To promote key products and maintain an up to date awareness of current press and editorial in order to assist with clients enquiries and communicate with the team.
• To assist in the planning and co-ordination of in-store promotional events.
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