Leadership Positions - Greater Vancouver Area

Giorgio Armani; Canada; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury fashion company is seeking candidates for various leadership positions in the Greater Vancouver Area. You will inspire and motivate a diverse team to drive sales and enhance the client experience. Ideal candidates will have retail management experience and excellent communication skills. This role offers competitive compensation and a range of benefits including bonuses, medical coverage, and employee discounts.

Benefits

Retail Bonus Program

Employee Referral Bonus Program

Medical benefits including dental and vision

Employee Assistance Program

Armani Merchandise Discount

Restaurant Discount

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar retail management field; years of experience required vary based on the position.
• Experience with buying & merchandising is ideal.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and motivate the store team daily.
• Align team on driving sales and providing an excellent client experience.
• Shape and execute store strategies for building relationships.

Skills

Retail management experience

Buying & merchandising experience

Excellent communication skills

Flexible availability

Language skills (Italian, Spanish, etc.)

Ability to travel

Job description

Various Leadership Positions in Greater Vancouver Area

As a member of the store team, you will be part of a diverse leadership and sales team, and you will be responsible for inspiring and motivating the team each day. You will align the entire team on driving sales, providing an excellent client experience, building strong talent and ensuring the store operates efficiently and effectively. Your ability to combine entrepreneurial spirit, passion for the brand and knowledge of the luxury/retail business with organizational skills to manage the store will greatly influence the client and associate experience.

You may also have the opportunity to give some feedback on merchandising, marketing, and client relationship strategies. Your presence daily on the sales floor will provide you with the opportunity to understand the business on the front line, and you will have the opportunity to use the insights to improve your store’s business. You will help shape and execute store strategies to build trusting relationships with clients and associates, to drive revenue. In addition, you will be accountable for ensuring appropriate communications are cascaded throughout the team.

To succeed in a leadership role with the company, you should be willing to lead by example and with integrity, collaborate, be intellectually curious, strategic, lead through ambiguity and be change and results-oriented. You will be responsible for the management of the store and its team.

Our team mission is passionately conveying the vision of Giorgio Armani.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience in a similar retail management field; years of experience required vary based on the position
• Experience with buying & merchandising is ideal
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills and the ability and motivate direct reports
• Open availability and able to work a flexible schedule, including holidays, nights and weekends
• While not required, Italian, Spanish, French, Mandarin or other language skills are considered a strong asset
• Ability to travel when required, both domestic and international

Why Join Us

Join us in our mission to passionately convey Giorgio Armani’s unique vision of timeless and natural elegance, where fashion and design provoke a confident state of being for all people by fostering beauty in the world.

The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today. Our company designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewelry, home interiors, fragrances, cosmetics, chocolates, hotels and restaurants under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Armani Exchange.

OUR CULTURE

As a company one of our goals is to motivate and drive a unified team to deliver the Armani experience. We believe the fuel to the power of the brand is through the collaboration of our associates. We are dedicated to fostering the development and growth of our people, roles and structure.

Our Benefits

COMPENSATION: Commission (Eligibility Based on Position)

• Retail Bonus Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program

BENEFITS: Medical

• Dental
• Vision
• Prescription Drug
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

PAID TIME: Paid Time Off for Vacation and Sick Days

• Pregnancy & Parental Leave Top-Up
• Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off to Volunteer in your Community

SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT: Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with Company Matching for Full & Part-Time Associates

ASSOCIATE PERKS: Armani Merchandise Discount

Restaurant Discount

• Uniform
• Exclusive Friends & Family Sales

NOTE: Benefits may vary based on position eligibility

YOUR CAREER

Training and Development Opportunities

• Rewards and Recognition programs
• Opportunities in various brands in the Canadian Corporate Office (Greater Toronto Area), as well as domestic and international opportunities.