Assistant Store Manager, Calvin Klein - Bridgend Outlet

PVH; Pen-y-cae; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A premium retail brand is seeking an experienced Assistant Manager in Pen-y-cae, UK. You will lead store teams to drive sales and ensure a distinctive and quality customer experience. Successful candidates must have a strong background in people management, effective communication skills, and a proven ability to foster teamwork. You will be responsible for growing business opportunities, maintaining store standards, and achieving customer satisfaction. Join us to inspire your team and contribute to our continued success.

Benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• Experience in supervisory roles within a premium or luxury brand.
• Ability to cultivate belonging and inspire teams.
• Track record of achieving customer satisfaction and sales targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead store teams for sales and outstanding customer experience.
• Identify business growth opportunities through collaboration.
• Ensure compliance with visual merchandising standards.
• Complete store walkthroughs for performance evaluation.

Skills

Customer service excellence

People management

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Job description

Our stores are the life and soul of our business. They act as our main touch points with our ever-evolving consumer base. As the world of retail evolves, we, as a business, believe that for all other parts of the chain to work, our stores must set the tone of what our two brands are all about. Irrespective of where our consumers eventually make a purchase, our stores, are always a window to our great brands. As a result, our locations are paramount, the first class experience must be a given and our in-store standards should never be questionable. To deliver this, we strive to hire the individuals who live and breathe the values of our business, who are obsessed with delivering great service to our customers and who truly believe that to remain relevant in today's world, we must be nimble and adapt to change and evolution. The Assistant Manager plays a key role in achieving these standards, they lead by example, embrace our entrepreneurial spirit and inspire their teams through their passion and belief in our brands.

Responsibilities

• Leading the store teams to generate sales, profit, minimize losses, and create the best possible customer experience whilst ensuring the store is visually distinctive and impeccably maintained.
• Identify opportunities to grow the business and improve performance through collaborating with others.
• Maintain corporate visual merchandising directives and standards for sales floor and back room.
• Work alongside the visual merchandising team to ensure that there is clear communication and understanding between VM and store teams.
• Partner with store management team to build on business opportunities and achieve company standards and objectives.
• Focus staff on the importance of quality relationships with internal and external customers. Ensure accountability of staff in building a repeat customer base by providing all customers with unparalleled spirited service.
• Complete daily/weekly store walkthroughs; evaluate product performance, pricing, staff service levels and inventory levels.
• Communicate to the Store Manager what is driving sales and discuss any issues/priorities, in order to develop strategies to maximize business. Ensure they are weekly visual presentation action plans.
• Analyze store level reports and create action plans to improve results.
• Assist with the manpower planning, identification, recruitment, interviewing and hiring processes; Recruit store personnel with a broad range of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds.
• Work with the Store Manager to build bench strength for key positions, including possible successors.
• Participate in weekly management meetings alongside other staff meetings.
• Clearly communicate to staff: store and individual sales goals and other key performance expectations; sales results and provide guidance on what is needed to improve performance.

Qualifications

• Providing a great customer journey and achieving exemplary mystery shop results.
  You connect to consumers and have a previous track record of supervisory or specialist roles within a premium or luxury brand.
• You’ve had previous people management experience and act with purpose to resolve conflict and unproductive disagreements.
• You are an effective communicator with the ability to cultivate belonging.
• You collaborate to win and recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of others.
• You are courageous in giving feedback that promotes positive behavioral change.
• You adapt fast and work with pace.
• You are energetic and inspire trust showing a clear presence on the shop floor.
• You’ll approach all issues with a 'can do' approach and make informed decisions to find in store solutions.

At PVH, we are an equal opportunity employer and consider all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. We are also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.