Retail Area Manager (Dach area)

LiuJo Group; Wien; On-site; EUR 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

LiuJo Group in Vienna seeks a DACH Area Manager to oversee company-owned stores across Austria, Germany (excluding Berlin), Switzerland, Denmark and BeLux. The role is itinerant with a base in Vienna and requires strong leadership to drive sales and ensure brand standards.

You will manage turnover targets, analyze performance, optimize costs, implement omnichannel policies, supervise Store Managers, recruit and develop teams, and coordinate openings and maintenance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in a similar retail management role in apparel/fashion.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• German language is mandatory.
• Strong leadership, planning, and organizational skills; customer orientation.

Responsibilities

• Achieve turnover targets and KPIs for stores in the area.
• Analyze sales performance and propose corrective actions.
• Monitor store costs and optimize them.
• Ensure consistent implementation of policy and omnichannel customer experience.
• Verify promotional initiatives and visual merchandising.
• Oversee inventory and stock management across stores.
• Coordinate Store Managers and support training and development.
• Recruit, manage and develop store teams; evaluate staff performance.
• Organize new store openings and work with Facility Manager on maintenance.

Skills

English fluency

German mandatory

Leadership

Retail management

Planning & organization

Communication skills

Team development

Education

Economics/Business degree

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a DACH Area Manager based in Vienna. The selected candidate will be responsible for managing the company-owned retail stores within the assigned area. The role is itinerant and covers the following areas: Austria, Germany (No Berlin), Switzerland, Denmark, Belux.

Responsibilities

Specifically, the role will include the following activities:

• Ensure the achievement of turnover targets and KPIs for the stores in the assigned area, also by defining and proposing effective action plans to reach these goals;
• Analyze sales performance, deviations from targets, and propose the necessary corrective actions;
• Monitor and control store operating costs, intervening directly to optimize them;
• Ensure the correct and consistent implementation of the commercial policy and customer experience, in compliance with company guidelines and with an omnichannel approach;
• Verify the correct execution of all promotional initiatives launched by the company;
• Ensure effective visual merchandising and in-store animation across the stores in the area, verifying full compliance with guidelines provided by the Head Office Visual Merchandising Department;
• Continuously analyze product performance, ensuring an appropriate merchandise mix aligned with store location, size, target market, and local specificities;
• Ensure effective inventory and stock management across the stores in the assigned area;
• Coordinate Store Managers’ activities, ensuring continuous training and providing them with the necessary skills and resources to achieve expected results;
• Ensure, together with Store Managers, effective recruitment, management, and development of human resources and store teams within the area;
• Contribute to the evaluation of store staff performance and the definition of individual growth and development plans;
• Organize new store openings and collaborate with the Facility Manager on routine maintenance activities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Economics, Business Administration, or Management disciplines (preferred);

Required Skills

• Skills and Requirements
• At least 3 years of previous experience in a similar role within retail companies in the apparel/fashion industry;
• Good knowledge of spoken and written English;
• Speaking German is mandatory;
• Strong managerial, planning, and organizational skills, combined with a strong results-driven mindset, customer orientation, leadership, team development attitude, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, proactivity, dynamism, and strong problem-solving abilities.

Pay range and compensation package:

Maximum gross annual salary (including benefits): 70k