Geneva Store Manager

LVMH; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Onboarding program

Collaborative workplace culture

Multicultural environment

Pension scheme (LPP)

Training programs

Zusammenfassung

Bulgari seeks a Brand Ambassador to lead our flagship boutique on Rue du Rhône, Geneva. You will maximize brand image, client experience, and store productivity across high-end jewelry, watches, and accessories, reporting to the Switzerland MD.

You will guide a nine-person team to deliver exceptional service and operational excellence. The role requires a track record in luxury retail, strong product knowledge, and ability to drive client engagement across channels.

Qualifikationen

• 10 years experience in a similar position within a high-end luxury boutique.
• Expertise in retail store operations and sales techniques.
• Knowledge spans marketing, media, and merchandising.
• Fluency in English and French; Italian or German an advantage.

Aufgaben

• Lead the store team to deliver a unique client experience and luxury service across all touchpoints.
• Motivate the team to engage with clients beyond in-store transactions and foster an omnichannel mindset.
• Ensure the team’s product knowledge, storytelling, and selling skills.
• Develop clienteling strategies and precise follow-up of client portfolios and KPIs.
• Own store strategy, set objectives, and provide feedback with quantifiable insights to HQ.
• Coordinate store operations with Digital/e-Commerce, Merchandising and other departments.

Jobbeschreibung

Founded in 1884 by Sotirio Bulgari as a single jewelry shop in the capital city of Rome, Bulgari’s name has today become emblematic of Italian excellence. Creating a highly distinctive style that celebrates its rich Roman history, Bulgari is able to blend modernity with classicism.

The original pioneering spirit of the Bulgari family helped to evolve the company into a successful and global Maison, while its roots in jewelry and watches have grown into new expressions of accessories, perfumes and luxury resorts.

Job responsibilities

In order to strengthen the team of our prestigious flagship boutique at Rue du Rhone in Geneva, we are recruiting our next

As a Brand ambassador, you are responsible for maximizing the overall brand image, client experience, and store productivity in various areas such as sales, operations and after-sales services for high-end jewelry, watches, and accessories. You represent our brand by promoting its values and ambitions, and you motivate your team to strive for excellence.

Reporting directly to our Managing Director Switzerland, you embody our Maison’s values and manage the store operations of our Boutique in Geneva. You inspire and lead a team of nine people to deliver the ultimate client experience, achieve their full potential with outstanding results, and ensure operational excellence across all client touchpoints.

Client Experience & Clienteling

• Constantly lead the store team to deliver a unique and memorable client experience, providing luxury service on any occasion (click and collect, browsing, purchase, after-sales, complaints)
• Motivate the store team to engage with clients beyond in-store transaction and fostering an omnichannel mindset
• Ensure the team’s expertise in product knowledge, storytelling, and selling skills
• Guarantee the best team adoption and understanding of all digital tools
• Facilitate new omnichannel client journeys, promoting client services offered within the Maison
• Set a clienteling store strategy in alignment with the Maison’s strategy to develop client engagement and loyalty across all touchpoints. Drive clienteling activities among individual team members, ensuring precise follow-up of client portfolios, clienteling KPIs, and achievements. Identify opportunities and implement improvements
• Demonstrate the ability to recruit clients by leveraging local networks and cultivating key industry-related relationships

Drive and Grow Business Performance

• Maintain a comprehensive and omnichannel vision of the business (master KPIs, identify key drivers and opportunities)
• Continuously assess store performance, developing, and implementing 360° action plans to improve results and generate sales across all channels
• Cascade and adapt business objectives to each team member
• Set you store strategy and demonstrate ownership. Be pragmatic and precise in your action planning and objectives. Engage in conversations with HQ teams by providing feedbacks and quantifiable insights. Partner efficiently and proactively with cross-functional teams to drive the business forward

People Management & Development

• Contribute to the selection and recruitment of high-performing profiles
• Develop team competencies and skills through coaching, mentoring, and identifying training needs
• Motivate and energize the team: ensure best practice sharing, empower talents, and delegate responsibilities
• Communicate clear and precise objectives, and sharing results and feedback
• Organize team planning according to business needs
• Increase team awareness of market trends
• Lead change within the team to foster a client-centric and omnichannel culture

Store Operations Management

• Ensure all Maison procedures and policies are well-known and applied by the team
• Coordinate retail activities with internal departments, including Digital/e-Commerce,Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, and Client Development, to synergize the needs of all departments for achieving common corporate objectives
• Ensure smooth and optimized operations management

Profile

You possess valuable experience of 10 years in a similar position within a high-end luxury boutique, demonstrating expertise in retail store operations and sales techniques. Your extensive knowledge spans marketing, media, and merchandising. Leveraging excellent networking skills, you have successfully expanded client portfolios. Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite and other systems, you exhibit versatility in technology. Additionally, fluency in English and French, Italian or German are advantageous assets.

As a team leader overseeing nine people, you are passionate about developing a strong team through effective training to increase technical and product knowledge, as well as developing sales and stock management skills. You provide the tools and demonstrate leadership by playing an active role on the selling floor and you continuously motivate and coach client advisors to meet assigned sales and productivity goals.

You are flexible and innovative, and you work in an organized and structured manner. Your excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills allow you to perform in your daily activities and you are fully dedicated to clients and maintain effective relationships with customers. As a charismatic leader, you motivate, develop, and build strong bonds within the team, and create a positive and harmonious work environment.

Additional information

• A comprehensive onboarding program designed to ensure a smooth and welcoming integration from day one, with dedicated time for team introductions and immersion in our environment
• A supportive, dynamic, and collaborative workplace culture where every voice is heard and valued
• A truly multicultural and international environment, ideal for broadening perspectives and developing a global professional network
• An attractive pension scheme (LPP) along with employer contributions to health insurance premiums and meal expenses
• Access to a broad portfolio of training programs, spanning technical, interpersonal, and leadership development

This position is open to all talents, and we are committed to upholding the values of diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity.

Bvlgariwas founded in the heart of Rome in 1884.Over the decades, the Brand has established a worldwide reputation as magnificent Roman High Jeweler and icon of Italian art of living.
Through a pioneering vision, the company’s international success has evolved into a global and diversified luxury purveyor of products and services, ranging from fine jewels and high-end watches to accessories and perfumes, and featuring an extended network of boutiquesand hotels.
Demonstrated through its numerous philanthropic partnerships,Bvlgarideeply believes in innovating the present for a sustainable future through its commitmentto Social & Environmental Responsibility and giving back – to nature and to the community. In 2024 the Maison announced the creation of Fondazione Bvlgari, reinforcing its devotion to building a meaningful tomorrow through care, generosity and long-term dedication.

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