City Manager

Working at Stella McCartney is a truly rewarding experience. As a luxury fashion company with a strong ethical standpoint we are leaders and innovators in our industry.

Overview Acting as the Ambassador of the Stella McCartney Brand, inspires and develops diverse teams across Milan stores to successfully reach quantitative and qualitative targets by providing a unique in-store experience to the clientele.

Owner and responsible for the achievement of the store targets and the growth of the business across the Milan locations, including Santo Spirito flagship store and Rinascente Milan corner. The City Manager implements and maintains concrete actions in line with Brand strategy, ensuring operative functioning and correct management of product, visual merchandising and operations, and the management of personnel in line with the company policies and procedures.

BUSINESS & SALES PERFORMANCE:

Drive Sales Target Achievement:
• Drive the achievement of the annual sales targets/budget/forecast in accordance with the guidelines received by the company.
• Analyze and monitor store KPI’S on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to implement immediate and long-range action plans.
• Device and execute strategies for sales generation to meet monthly goals including Sales Consultant & Team incentives. Maximize the Business potential of the stores:
• Guarantee financial results of the stores through effective management and monitoring of margins, stock and personnel costs.
• Optimize the stores’ contribution and monitor personnel costs keeping in line with the set budget/forecast and by developing the KPIsMaximize sales by category:
• Push ongoing growth of the stores’ turnover through regular feedback to the Buyers on merchandise, stock availability and sell through analysis.
• Update Client Style Advisors on business, focusing on sell through
• Monitor the teams and ensure upselling and cross-selling techniques are masteredTEAM:

Motivate and retain staff:
• Lead and motivate all team members by being a role model and setting exceptional example to the team
• Constantly monitor staff KPIs achievement and coach each team member, defining specific improvement plan through one-to-one monthly meetings
• Carry out the yearly appraisal for all team members, following Company procedures and providing constructive and comprehensive feedback, as well as setting individual objectives for development

Coach and train store staff:
• Responsible for the Brand and product knowledge of the teams, ensure the efficacy of the Induction plans to the new staff and provide constant in-store training sessions
• Understand training needs and liaise with People Partner and Retail department to develop ways to implement training needs
• Coach and continuously monitor the execution of the Stella McCartney Client Experience to achieve the best quantitative and qualitative business results
• Guarantee the team complying with Uniform and Grooming Standards Build team working:
• Guarantee an optimum relay of information within the stores and an excellent and transparent ascending and descending communication flow
• Conduct daily morning meetings to update staff on business performance and initiatives
• Take ongoing actions around Client Style Advisors’ motivation according to the sales and brand strategy and acting as their coach & mentor

Optimize staff vs business need:
• Manage recruitment, ensuring the team profiles match accordingly to Stella McCartney people value and brand strategy.
• Evaluate and promote career development of the team in cooperation with the Retail department and People Partner
• Identify performance issues and manage them with the involvement of the Retail and the people & culture team to ensure a fair and consistent process
• Co-ordinate rota and overtime, ensuring appropriate staff coverage across both locations through effective workforce planningCLIENTS/MARKET:
Know the competitors:
• Responsible for the development of the stores’ external relations within their competitive environment, including marketing, merchandising and local activities
• Proactively follow current luxury fashion trends, industry news, technology, and key…