To prepare for the future, we look to the past. As a new reality sets in at KENZO, Artistic Director Nigo reconnects with the values entrenched in the early beginnings of the Maison: designer fashion created for real life, imbued with the playful urbanity of Kenzo Takada’s timeless legacy. A creative exchange, KENZO becomes an evolving dialogue between the pop culture of the founder’s heritage and the street culture inherent to Nigo. Through Nigo’s instinct for contemporary design, a new vision takes shape at KENZO: ‘real-to-wear’, a genuine wardrobe founded in the authentic desires of the post-digital mentality. It is a realistic approach to fashion, which transcends the conventional labels of ‘formal’, ‘casual’ or ‘street’ in favour of the syntheses that make up real wardrobes today. A series of encounters take place: the everlasting codes of KENZO are considered through an instant lens, the ‘Jungle’ fashion of its founder is distilled into succinctly covetable items, and a new sense of exclusivity heigh BRAND AMBASSADOR:
- Carry and communicate an authentic passion and pride for the brand.
- Embody the brand image for customers and the store team showing a strong understanding of the brand DNA.
- Lead by example in demonstrating behavior that reflects the values of the brand and the ambition of the business objectives.
General Store Visuals / Client Management
- Implement and maintain all visual guidelines.
- Maintain store standards to always reflect an elevated brand image.
- Enhance customer service standards to ensure world class service is consistently delivered to all guests and clients.
- Develop and drive a CRM strategy.
- Ensure standards for quality of the selling ceremony, customer service, and post sales service.
- Effectively model personal presentation standards to lead as an example that is consistent with brand requirements.
Sales / Business Monitoring
- Manage and motivate the team to increase sales and deliver productivity.
- Manage stock levels in the boutique making sure sufficient merchandise is available to achieve targets.
- Ensure stock loss is minimized by conducting weekly cycle counts and bi-annual inventories.
- Liaise with Managing Director to set sales and KPI targets for the team.
- Monitor and communicate market trends in the retail industry to create competitive strategies for the store and brand.
- Monitor sales performance, analyze results, and forecast trends to propose action plans to maximize sales.
Team Management / Back of House Operations
- Schedule consistent group and individual monthly reviews with the team to communicate clear objectives, recognize success, and provide performance feedback.
- Consistently coach, train, and develop the sales team to ensure a high performance atmosphere.
- Ensure all company policies and procedures are adhered to and take the time to clearly message when they are not.
- Submit weekly reports to the relevant stakeholders in Paris.
- Build strong relationships with local and remote stakeholders.
- 3+ years’ experience in a luxury retail environment, with a minimum of 2 years directly managing people.
- Entrepreneurial perspective and ability to succeed in fast changing environments.
- Ability to analyze selling reports and identify business trends and opportunities.
- Proven experience driving positive customer interactions.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent organizational skills.
- Passion to inspire and influence a team with a high level of integrity and professionalism.
- Flexibility to work a retail schedule including evenings, weekends and holidays.
- This position is open to people with disability