Retail Fashion Manager - Talbot Green Extra

As§F&F§retail§fashion§manager,§you§will§ideally§have§fashion§experience§including visual

merchandising,§customer§service§and§team§management§skills.§You§will§have§an§eye§for§detail§ensuring§your§department§is§upholding§to§the§highest§operational§standards§for§our§customers.§You§will§be§familiar§with§the§fast-paced§environment§of§clothing§retail§and§can§deliver§results§under§pressure.

As F&F retail fashion manager, you will take a lead role in driving the F&F clothing business forward in your store and be responsible for launching trade events, weekly sales, as well as a team of dedicated colleagues and managing day to day operations.

• Recruiting and training the best people for your team, ensuring they have the capability to deliver above and beyond in their role by developing their operational and leadership skills
• Coach§your§team§to§be§passionate§and§knowledgeable§about§the§products§in§your§store,§building§its§brand§and§providing§customers§with§the§right§range,§quality§and§service§to§ensure§they§keep§coming§back
• Lead§your§team§in§the§driving§of§trade§activity§and§use§your§expertise§and§knowledge§to§grow§sales§and§maximise§profit
• The§safety§of§your§colleagues§is§your§top§priority,§and§you§ensure§your§store§is§always§trading§legally§by§coaching§the§team§to§use§all§security§tools§available§to§provide§a§safer§place§to§work
• Manage§colleague'schedules§on§F&F§clothing§department§ensuring§the§right§people§are§in§the§right§place§accordance§to§our§F&F§operating§model§and§trade§plan,§within§agreed§hours
• Oversee§the§end-to-end§F&F§clothing§operation,§managing§the§stock§from§backdoor§to§shopfloor
• Managing and motivating the team deliver on key metrics to support the operation including RFID routines, availability, delivery schedules and stock routines
• Making sure F&F clothing department is always clean, tidy and well-presented and merchandised to the F&F clothing principles and standards
• You will be an F&F brand ambassador - executing commercial strategies and maintaining store displays that consistently align with brand identity
• Being the F&F brand and clothing expert and championing F&F in store, delivering the practical actions to make improvements where necessary by conducting a daily floor walk outlining the tasks to be completed for the day by the team
• Analysing product performance and sales data to refine visual merchandising strategies and optimise promotional initiatives ensuring profitability is maximised and sales targets are regularly reached, if not overachieved
• Complete market research, analysing trends, competitor activity, and consumer behaviour (including social media and F&F online)
• Have a commercial mind-set, knowing your customers and local community, to advertise and regularly change lead ins to entice customers onto the F&F department and adapt product placement to respond effectively to changing market conditions
• Curate visual impactful merchandising displays and a welcoming store atmosphere in line with the visual merchandising guidelines set out in your VM guide adapting your store layouts to reflect local customer profile
• Building strong relationships with your team (including colleagues who work on F&F clothing overnight), the wider store team and your home and clothing area manager, including providing feedback and sharing future opportunities

You§will§need§to§be:

• You are a great communicator who will share knowledge, experience and best practices, you understand the importance of what you do and work collaboratively with your team to deliver results

• You are§natural§and§welcoming§with§customers,§putting§them§at§the§heart§of§whatever§you.
  
  You take§the§time§to§listen§and§understand§others,§building§strong§relationships§with§your§colleagues§and§customers
• You use your energy and resilience…