Operations Manager

Chanel; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic individual to lead a boutique team in a fast-paced luxury retail environment. This role involves strategic partnership with management, driving team performance, and ensuring adherence to brand standards. The ideal candidate will possess natural leadership qualities, a passion for the fashion industry, and strong analytical skills. You will be responsible for optimizing inventory management, guiding project implementations, and fostering a collaborative atmosphere. If you thrive in a results-focused environment and are eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is tailor-made for you.

Qualifications

• Natural leadership and strong managerial skills are essential.
• Strong analytical skills and a detail-oriented mindset are required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate the team towards achieving objectives.
• Analyze sales and results to ensure targets are met.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Detail-oriented

Collaboration

Job description

• Ensures the good understanding and deployment of the strategy of the House by the team
• Manages and animates his/her team to foster collaboration and enthusiasm across roles and missions
• Federates and motivates the team towards the achievement of their objectives via follow-up interviews and appraisals
• Defines the priority actions for individual skills development and monitors them
• Is a support and an innovative and pro-active force to his/her team in the search for solutions and optimization of the organization
• Collaborates with the Management team to align all the retail teams on the boutique strategy
• Makes regular reports to the Boutique Management on the development

Pilot the business

• Strategic partner to the Boutique Manager
• Analyzes the sales and the results of the boutique on a regular basis to make sure of the good progress towards the objective and alerts pro-actively on KPIs with action plans suggested.
• Is the support of the Sales managers and Boutique management on the key performance indicators analysis on each business activity: monthly coverage, sell through and slow sellers and accompanies their category action plans with relevant feedback and data.
• Through detailed analysis, works closely with Boutique Management and Sales Manager team to facilitate buying decisions in collaboration with buying function in head office
• Optimizes the inventory management with Stock Manager and follows the objectives of inventories. Supervises rolling inventories and prepares the annual inventory with the Stock Manager and his team.
• Ensures the implementation and the respect of the Boutique procedures and the boutique Charter.
• Manages the After Sales operations with the After Sales Manager in an innovative way to ensure optimal client satisfaction in line with the Chanel standards
• Carries out specific studies necessary for the Boutique Management and is a force of proposal on complementary analysis in connection with the business and the strategy
• Guarantees and sets up the necessary security devices and procedures in boutique, goods and people.
• Responsible of police and mall permits with the support of Admin Supervisor
• Ensures appropriate scheduling of team members in line with legal and CHANEL requirements with Admin Supervisor
• Ensures the respect of the budget of boutique purchases.

To be an Ambassador of the brand:

• From internal bodies via contribution to projects and in sharing the CHANEL vision with the team
• With external bodies in the luxury, retail and fashion sectors as well as with key individuals in Mall Management
• Uses Chanel Brand Image as a filter in decision making

You are energised by:

• Passion for projects and taking the lead on implementation of projects
• Change and a fast paced environment
• Working with a results focused mindset

You will bring:

Natural leadership and strong managerial skills

• Exemplarity, accuracy and detail-oriented mindset
• Curiosity and innovation
• Strong analytical skills
• Sensitivity to the Fashion environment and its products