Store Manager; Selfridges Zadig&Voltaire GB Assistant manager Premi

The role of the Store Manager is a crucial part of the store and retail function. Connecting and engaging with the Zadig & Voltaire customers and teams, making the day-to-day activities a success, and leading the store & team performance towards success. We are looking for someone who is self-driven, attentive to details, reliable, full of energy, approachable with extensive knowledge of fashion and trends of the season and an expert leader in engaging and styling clients.

You are a role model in everything you do and you share your knowledge and skills with your colleagues.

The Store Manager will welcome and assist customers throughout the entire sales process while supporting & coaching their team towards excellence, always focusing on delivering the highest customer experience. As a Store Manager, you are in charge of maximising store targets, and retail excellence, ensuring your team is motivated in providing optimal and personalized customer service while complying with the Zadig & Voltaire procedures and standards.

You will build a store environment that nurtures creativity and employee development.

• Be a brand ambassador and embrace the brand Selling Ceremony
• Lead your team by example
• Drive sales: you train and coach your team in delivering exceptional and personalised customer experience
• Lead your team towards success through training & coaching in order to exceed the store objectives and KPIs
• You monitor the store targets & KPIs, individual sales KPIs of your team members
• Monitor and record the shop floor activity and send regular updates to the Area manager
• Analyse the commercial aspects of your store and identify new methods to increase turnover & KPIs
• You are constantly present on the shop floor and fully available to look after customers’ needs
• Be able to build customer loyalty, understand customer relationship management
• Be able to communicate efficiently and effectively
• Be knowledgeable of the collection and the brand’s iconic pieces

• Be a brand ambassador and embrace the brand Selling Ceremony
• Inspire the team and lead by example
• Support the development of the team and store KPIs
• Be proactive in developing your team skills and brand/product knowledge
• Ensure you adhere to all organisational aspects to ensure your team works in conditions enabling success
• Be approachable and a great communicator who can ensure the business runs smoothly
• Build and nurture a strong relationship with your direct report, Country Manager and all other departments, partners

• Be a good coach
• Empower your team and don’t micromanage or undermanage
• Express interest in team member’s success and personal well‑being
• Be productive and results‑oriented
• Be a good communicator and listen to your team
• Help your employees with career development
• Have a clear vision and strategy for the team
• Have key technical skills so you can help the team

• Follow company policy and procedures
• Drive sales:
  Fully proficient in operating till system, payments and fraudulent transactions
• Manage the opening and closing procedures for your store and ensure a luxurious store environment and standards
• Create rotas that meet local needs and ZV rules and the availability of your team
• Adjust your staffing levels and the rota to match the pattern of turnover throughout the week/month/year
• Anticipate and manage staff holidays to ensure good shop floor cover and respect the business calendar
• Fully proficient with all operational aspects and procedures, and proactive to learn new processes
• Manage the loss prevention procedure, perform regular inventories and communicate any discrepancies
• Have an awareness of the loss prevention procedures in store and communicate these to the team
• Pay attention to the security of the team and customers, by respecting health & safety guidelines
• Maintain a good completion of the administration tasks for the store (banking, cash handling, credit notes, exchanges and refunds, trackers…)
• Report any discrepancies to your direct report and head office departments
• Develop the store and team members CRM database and activities to develop turnover
• Follow up stock transfers between stores and manage…